Should I Go Back to School!!??

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Ive been a nurse for 5.5 years now with experience on Medical, Surgical, Telemetry and Progressive Care (step-down). I just got a job at Stanford Medical Center as a Clinical Floor Nurse, Its pretty legit. and I like it....but!.....this whole floor nursing thing is kinda making me tired.

Im wondering if I should go back to school!! I feel like I need a masters Degree but I have narrowed it down to either 3 topics. Is there anyone who I can speak with who is either a Clinical Nurse Specialist, NP, or has a masters in Nursing informatics that I can speak with regarding these subjects?

I like the whole computer thing....which is why informatics interests me but I don't wanna loose that medicine aspect of knowledge and I still kinda wanna see patients at the bedside in a way. NP and CNS programs seem very complicated and lengthy. Is it even worth it to go back to school? I realllllly enjoy working only 3 days a week like I do now but I don't know if I can do it forever. Please someone message me, or respond and hopefully you don't mind exchanging numbers or emails or threading back and forth on this thing. Thanks!

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

Welcome to AN! There's actually a specialty forum for each of the fields you've mentioned that you can browse through.

CNS

NP

Informatics

Student NP

Post-grad students

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

FWIW:

It's lose, not loose.

Exclamation points are more effective in lesser quantities.

Graduate degree-readers will appreciate both of those points.

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