DeLynn

I know this is an older post, however, wanted to share my preceptorship experience. I was able to have someone from my hospital be my preceptor. It wasn't difficult due to our hospital already having an affiliation with Capella. They should have a list of places with established affiliation.

Yes, I was offered a few different positions. One was for an educator for outpatient offices, and the other was for an educator in the department I was currently working in. My background is OR so I can't work as an educator in nursing schools as they want Med/Surg background usually. Try clinical educator in the hospital.

I totally agree, I want to see someone enthusiastic about the OR, not just why they want to leave their current position. If they aren't enthusiastic, they won't last.

FYI, if you have a 2.8 GPA you need to do extra steps to get accepted, it's not automatic. The program also requires teaching hours in the practicum for the MSN ED and the program covers curriculum development, implementation and evaluation (A LOT actually). I had absolutely no problems in receiving several offers as a clinical educator with my Capella MSN ED.

Capella University is accredited by CCNE, so all of these statements are mute. Nothing from your statement means that the school does not teach nurses how to become a Master's prepared Nurse Educator. The required GPA is actually 3.0, not 2.8, and students must receive a B or higher in all courses in the MSN program. I learned so much from the program! I was also accepted into a state school, which did not require interviews or reference letters and states: "At just $10,630 our online MSN Nurse Educator program is one of the most affordable around, and you can complete your degree in as few as 12 months". And what does a discount on admission fees have anything to do with the quality of the school? NC State and Duke offer an application fee waiver, I guess that means they aren't a legit school?? Calling someone's school a "joke" is unprofessional. I think this forum is to encourage and help fellow nurse educators.

It's quite possible for some to not have any problem finding a job they want no matter where they received their MSN, as in my case and I'm sure many others. It's not easy to graduate from Capella and graduates are not "a dime a dozen" or everyone would get their MSN.

I didn't have an issue with my Capella degree with any of the positions I applied to and ended up with a very "desirable" job making much more than I was, with a lot of autonomy, room for creativity, and a great schedule as a Nurse Educator ?

I will be the educator in only physician offices, so no lab or class. The manager is no longer there, so I guess I can decide for myself. I might wait and see what the office managers wear and go by that.

I accepted a position as the nurse educator for 17 physician offices. My question is, what would be the appropriate attire? My manager suggested scrubs, but I feel like business casual would be more appropriate. Opinions?

I ended up going to Capella and just accepted a position as a nurse educator for 17 physician office. I also want to take the CNE.

I've had no problems getting several interviews after graduating from Capella with MSN. I'll update on the offers when they come in.

Just graduated with MSN ED with Capella in April and am currently interviewing for four positions, I don't think most places care where you get your MSN.

I also did my BSN with Capella, then my MSN ED with Capella, finished in 7 months. The preceptor wasn't hard to find, I emailed my nursing education dept at work and they set me up with someone. I know some do have trouble finding a preceptor. I feel most employers don't care where you got your MSN, just that you have it. I'm currently interviewing for two positions, one as a clinical educator and one as a clinic manager and I've been approached by my current manager regarding another position that he thought of me for. I am not considering teaching at the academic level since my background is OR and they usually want med/surg, psych or L&D, but since you have that background it's def a possibility. I wasn't aware of specific Sim MSN, sounds interesting and def will be growing field.

I've been a nurse for over 20 years. I was an LPN then and RN. I've put my time in the "trenches". Nothing wrong with being a bedside nurse, we have all contributed. There comes a time when some might be ready for a change and a MSN can be an avenue for that. If that's what someone wants to do then we should all support each other.

I have 15 years of OR experience. I just graduated with my MSN ED. I have four interviews. 2 are educators for a hospital, one in the OR , another in ambulatory office. one is for a medical device clinical manger, and another for a manager of a dermatology dept. The MSN can open up a lot of opportunities for you.

Congrats! Love the new name ?

Having worked at both Duke (Raleigh) and WakeMed, I can confirmed that WakeMed does pay slightly more. Also, their weekend shift diff is great, $12 an hour for days. They have both recently given an extra raise this year on top of the annual due to Covid. WakeMed has a Happy to Help program to help out on the Covid floors, anything above your FTE hours is paid $18/hr more. So a weekend Happy to Help shift is paying $30 extra, not sure how much longer that program will be. In my opinion I feel that WakeMed values their nurses a little more, Duke's mentality, is well were "Duke" that's the way we have always done things. Also, I work part-time and the insurance at WakeMed for part-time employees is less than half of what you'd pay for part-time benefit's at Duke (part-time people pay Cobra price, no supplement from Duke). WakeMed offers tuition, not much though, can't recall exactly how much, maybe like $3500 annual? All that being said, neither of them are bad places to work, and the Triangle is a great place to live.

You can look into a clinical educator for a medical device company.

I know this is old, but in case anyone else is wondering the same thing, I took Bio Ethics and enjoyed it.

Did you find it hard to get a preceptor for the Capstone?

BSNbedone, were you able to finish your capstone?

Not sure of any RN-BSN programs that don't require a lot of papers, maybe others know of some? Capella Flexpath was all papers/power points. NO discussion boards. I finished in 11 months and paid $10,000. And I was accepted into a MSN program without a problem.

Capella will translate the competency grade into a number/GPA. You just request it when you ask for transcripts to be sent. I was able to apply for MSN with no problem.

I've been accepted at UNCW and Capella for MSN in education. UNCW won't start until June and should take a year. I can start Capella now. I did Capella FlexPath for my BSN and enjoyed it, I finished 12 courses in 48 weeks. So I'm thinking I can probably finish the MSN in under a year, so the cost would be about the same. Would I have the same chances of getting hired with Capella as I would with UNCW? They are both regionally accredited.

It's been a bit since the start of this post. Not sure what the OP did. But speaking from experience, having worked in many OR's the atmosphere is almost always the same. Surgeon Centered and not patient centered. Many surgeons have very big ego's, not all, but enough to make it difficult. Constant struggle to be a patient advocate. Been looking to get something outside of the OR but having done OR for 14 years I am not getting very many call backs.