Should I do MSN education?

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Specializes in LTC. Hospice, home health, med surge, pediatrics,.

Hello everyone,  I am a nightshift med surg nurse. I am considering going for MSN in education.  I always wanted to be a clinical instructor for RNs or CNAs. I'm wondering how hard the programs are? I'm nervous because I seriously need a lot of sleep working nightshift and get frequent migraines. I also realize that I can do clinical for ADN students without the MSN. I recently finished the BSN online. My perfect world would be part time med surg part time clinical instructor.  Has anyone gone for this degree? Thank you

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Specializes in Critical Care, Capacity/Bed Management.

Hey there, 

I am currently in an MSN program with a focus on nursing education. It is an online program from my state university. Most programs will either be online or a hybrid model. 

My personal experience has been that the graduate courses are more enjoyable and I think that has to do with the subject. I have always like going in-depth on topics of pathophysiology and pharmacology. It is also refreshing working with others who are passionate about improving nursing education. 

I also find it curious that your local ADN/ASN programs are utilizing BSN prepared nurses to teach clinical. In my area ADN/ASN programs require all faculty including clinical instructors to have a MSN at the very least. 

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Dialysis.
Okami_CCRN said:

I also find it curious that your local ADN/ASN programs are utilizing BSN prepared nurses to teach clinical. In my area ADN/ASN programs require all faculty including clinical instructors to have a MSN at the very least. 

Same where I live.  Likely because there are simply not enough MSN degreed  educators applying to fill all all the positions required for the program to function. There is not a single masters or higher degree in nursing offered  at any campus in our area which limits the pool of local applicants severely. 

Not to mention the pay is lousy!  I got a recruitment letter from a local community college last year. They were wanting me to join their staff as a clinical instructor for the ADN program with my ADN, I just needed to agree to obtain the  BSN within a certain amount of time, I want to say it was three years but after looking at the offered compensation I didn't pay much more attention to the job requirements as I had zero interest in applying. It was SO low, like less than $30//hr low. Even the best benefits aren't going to make up for that low of a wage.  I don't know how they can possibly expect to attract applicants with a starting wage between $15 and $20/hr less than any other RN position in the area.  Maybe it's just me but I found it pretty insulting that they were offering such a low wage. Who wants to educate a new generation of nurses that are going to graduate and immediately find jobs making so much more money than the instructor's responsible for preparing them to work as entry level nurses?

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Specializes in Trauma hospital/Acute Care/Ambulatory.

Hi all,

I am currently 9 month away from graduating from the MSN Educator's program. I'm an OR RN currently and I found that the job market offers more to my current position than nurse educator's role. The pay is actually better for OR nurse than nurse educator which I don't understand why. The former only requires a ADN or BSN degree yet the latter requires BSN or MSN degree. I mean I do enjoy the title of being at a master level in nursing but I found the job market is not very rewarding. I see it as a self improvement and self achievement at this point and hopefully one day I will really use my degree to find the job I deserved. Good luck on whichever route you decided to do !

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