NurseRockk

These are great points. I'm less informatics and more education... my position is training and the focus is on curriculum development and training at our home health agency for the new EHR. I'm also involved in the policy group of our state nurses association, so I do some work in analysis of policy and lobbying. I felt like moving into a training position was a good choice for me as it allows me to learn how to design curriculum and training programs. I'm hoping my capstone in my MSN program will result in a poster that I can present. So we shall see :)

Thank you! This is super helpful, and wasn't hard to follow at all. I think I'll start the process of narrowing my focus and really looking at faculty at schools that offer PhDs. I have a question about posters... how did you start creating poster presentations? I don't know much about posters, and for some reason always thought that they were summaries of full research articles. Could on do, say, a literature review on a topic and present a poster on that? How did you start getting into conferences to present? (P.S. I love your username. I'm a huge walking dead fan!)

Damn... I was like, how'd they know I'm in the process of a makeover??

(I crossposted this from the Faculty/Educator board as I wasn't getting responses) Hi all! My health system is switching to a new EHR, and I was chosen to be on the team. I just switched from a clinical position to a position as a trainer, and I will be working on developing the training curriculum and program for both administrators and clinicians. I'm really happy to be in this job because I wanted to get a taste of informatics and a taste of nursing education. I'm committed to this job for the next 2-3 years. During this time, I'm taking advantage of tuition reimbursement and I'm earning a MSN in Nursing Education. My ultimate goal is research and academia, and I plan to apply to PhD programs after I earn my Masters. I plan to pursue a PhD full time to take advantage of the stipend opportunities and immerse myself in research. Right now, I could see myself pursuing research in home health care, health disparities, innovations in nursing education, and health policy. It will take 2 years to complete my Masters, and one more to fulfill the work requirement for my tuition reimbursement. What can I do in the next 2 years to make myself an attractive PhD candidate?

Thanks for responding. I should have been clearer... I'd love to do research NOW, but I have no idea how to get involved in something like that. No clue how to start a research project... which is part of why I want to pursue a PhD. So my question for you is... how?

Hi all! My health system is switching to a new EHR, and I was chosen to be on the team. I just switched from a clinical position to a position as a trainer, and I will be working on developing the training curriculum and program for both administrators and clinicians. I'm really happy to be in this job because I wanted to get a taste of informatics and a taste of nursing education. I'm committed to this job for the next 2-3 years. During this time, I'm taking advantage of tuition reimbursement and I'm earning a MSN in Nursing Education. My ultimate goal is research and academia, and I plan to apply to PhD programs after I earn my Masters. I plan to pursue a PhD full time to take advantage of the stipend opportunities and immerse myself in research. Right now, I could see myself pursuing research in home health care, health disparities, innovations in nursing education, and health policy. It will take 2 years to complete my Masters, and one more to fulfill the work requirement for my tuition reimbursement. What can I do in the next 2 years to make myself an attractive PhD candidate?