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A BSN isn't a management degree, nor is it for that purpose. It's the base for nursing now. Nursing exists in hundreds of fields beyond the floor, and yes the floor sucks, and it sucked before Obamacare further screwed up nursing ratios. If you're thinking about your BSN, get it, it's a great base for the thousands of other fields in nursing.

In most states, NPs can practice independently. Having non NPs manage you likely introduces risk. Good for you having physicians that have their heads on straight. I'd be damned as an NP to have a BSN 'managing' me...

Um... you're in one of the most diverse fields on earth. You can be a school RN, insurance consultant, case manager, floor manager, senior manager, other consultant, analyst, ehr analyst, rn educator, policy consultant, etc, etc, etc. If you're under the impression that nursing is only floor nursing, you're sadly mistaken.

...sorry, but who cares? She could write MD. Allnurses certainly doesn't verify, and there are likely troves of CNAs, EMTs, laypeople pretending on these boards...

My wife, an RN started having kids whilst working full time her first year. This continued through our 2nd, her working full time. She added graduate school on top. After this, for our next two children, I went to nursing school, and worked full time, and currently am working on my graduate degree, and am working full-time. So I guess the question is, what are you looking for? If you want to be a stay-at-home-mom, then there are part-time/prn options for that. If you are willing, you can work and have a family. It's a choice.

Worked at a magnet hospital for 8 years. Graduated as an RN, no jobs. 400+ applications in year 1. Worked in IT, volunteered as an RN. Year 2, 400 plus apps (graduated at the 'top of my class', which by the way means SQUAT), they all want 1 year of RN experience, plus BSN. Worked in IT, volunteered as an RN, prn an RN home. Year 3, ~100 apps. Same as year 2. Year 4. I mostly didn't care anymore. ~ 10 apps, got offers from Magnet, North, Magnet South, Magnet hometown, town 30 miles away, town 20 miles away all with large hospitals. The volunteering/rn home exp is paying off. Work prn now, took another job that I enjoy much more... and for that job, I put out close to 1000 apps nationally, and got the job I wanted. So, how bad do you want to work?

Pay, year 1 out of rn school: 13.00/hr as a transporter. Pay, year 2 out of rn school: 19/hr in IT, volunteer rn. Pay, year 3 out of rn school: 19/hr in IT, volunteer RN, 30/hr prn nursing home. Pay, year 4 out of rn school: 19/hr in IT, volunteer RN, 30/hr prn nursing home. Pay, year 5 out of rn school: 180,000/yr... bedside? No. Niche specialty nursing? yes. Consulting for insurance companies and health systems.

Took me 3 years of volunteering before I started getting hospital job offers. 5 scholarships, 3.99 gpa. 70+ nursing schools in a 100 mile radius will do that, and I wasn't willing to move. That said, there are plenty of rural RN jobs, nationwide.

Informatics is diverse as nursing itself. You can be: >an EHR analyst. >a database manager. >an educator. >a report expert. >an IT analyst. >an HL7 interface specialist. >policy writer. >report writer. >database designer. >senior management. >research analyst. >interface analyst. >etc, etc, etc. There are many informatics jobs that focus on strong science, technical, and mathematical skills. Others focus heavily on SQL/databases, etc. Some want clinical experience, others do not. Some want PharmD's, MDs, or RNs, (some specifically some not), and others do not. You are not limited, just more defined in your potential roles.

Hello, I am doing quite well, and all departments have states this and are quite satisfied. I think my 2 years of full-time acute care experience as an ADN student (which for some reason 'doesn't count), has been very helpful. I do know that many employers look for the clinical experience and wanted a feel for what others are seeing. Thanks!

Hello, I'm currently working in informatics. My clinical acute care experience is lacking. Due to the saturation in the market where I lived (40+ nursing colleges in a 100 mile radius), getting an RN job was not possible. I worked in IT for 3 years and volunteered for three years. I have 5 years acute CNA experience and 5 years EMT experience, but I'm thinking my volunteer only RN experience will be detrimental in the future. My current position rocks but will likely end in 2 years. I have the opportunity to start a nurse-residency program. It would mean likely taking a 30k pay hit (it would still be 20k more than I was making in IT), and I would be contracted for three years. I feel it may be the right choice to get the acute care experience as I'm more than solid in IT/informatics. Thoughts?

There are plenty of ni jobs. Your background is great. I'll send you a pm. Anyone who says they're are no ni jobs must not know where to look.

Actually, I PM'd you my email.

Hello, Having trouble finding info online, so thought I pose the question with OB experts. I came from a system that used EPIC. However, we used Philips OBTV for fetal monitoring. I know Epic has the Stork module... however, is this just an interface module? Does EPIC have integrated fetal monitoring or is a third party vendor required? I see approved vendors here: https://open.epic.com/Clinical/HL7v2

PM me.