Please help!!

Hello everyone!

I am in desperate need of help in choosing a field of specialty. I have been a nurse for 4 years working on a telemetry (4 years), orthopedics (2+ years, clinical coordinator for 1 year), and med-surg unit (2+years). I have also experienced home health and hospice nursing for over six months (PRN). I have a Master of Science Degree in Biology (taught middle and high school students science and reading courses for 10 years). I also have my BSN Degree. I thought I wanted to be an administrator but I quickly realized that I could not implement rules and regulations to the staff that I do not believe in, and I am an advocate for hard working staff. My experince showed me that this is not what most places are seeking in administrators. I believe they want someone to uphold policies and procedures regardless as to whether they are for the betterment of the group (again, this is subjective to my experiences).

I absolutely love teaching and public health, but my research led me to believe that I will make just about the same amount of money that I am making now. (Please do not judge me. Nursing is not just about the money, but having an advanced degree equates to more student loans that have to be paid). I honestly love bedside nursing but it's moving in a direction that will not allow me to be the nurse that I want to be. I can no longer have patient care take precedence over clinical care. I know and understand that the fundamnetals of nursing does not stop when you are an RN, but I know there is more to nursing than emptying bed pans, vital signs, daily weights, delivering meal trays, feeding patients, taking care of hypervigilant families, etc. I truly love nursing but have a desire and passion to do more with my degrees and want to contiune providing passionate care to my patients. Please help me with suggestion, as to how to fuse my degrees into my nursing career. Thanks in advance!!!