What's a good career move for an RN (7 years, no management experience, MBA/MSN) outside of being a HeadNurse?
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Well, you may want to consider working  in a rehab facility, since you're into ortho and geriatrics. Much less stress than working withthe acutely ill. With your advanced degrees, you can also work in administration, or as a teacher. You're right. The ideal job has to be out there. I'm still stressing away in my own ER. Good luck!
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Go talk to a counselor at your local college or nursing school.  They can tell you where to start.  Some nursing programs take some time to get in to, but you could be studying the basics while waiting to get into the program of your choice.  Good luck.  It is a rewarding job.
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I would recommend that you check out \nYoder-Wise, P. Leading and managing in nursing. by Mosby.\n\nAdditionally if you wanted research information done on this topic use \nwww.pubmed.com\n\nAs a nurse you will need to become intimately familiar with running searches on pubmed.
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Anything, and I mean ANYTHING, in the nursing field.  There are also medical-related jobs not involving direct patient care, like medical records, which I am going to school for right now.  Medical is definitely a good way to go, but always keep your own interests at heart.
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I'm sure it's a high-stress position, largely because there are not enough nurses to go around.  They are in high demand, so your job security would seem to be there for quite some time to come.  I think you would have to be a certain type personallity to be a really good nurse.  Some people are cut out for it, some not.
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I recommend checking out www.MTJobs.com  -  They have many job listings added daily.  Like you said, most want some type of experience because you will be basically working without the supervision, so your best bet is to try and find a job locally, at a hospital and get the experience (some companies that allow you to work at home only want 1 year experience).  If you can work at the hospital for at least one year and get that experience, it will a lot easier to get hired for home work.
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me persoally would say nursing.\nyou can make your own deal.  set your work schedule.\nyou have so many places you can get work.\nhostipal, dr. office, school, old folks homes, \nthere are emergency room nurses, etc...\n\nbut here is money magazine's list of the 50 best jobs:\nhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/top50/index.html\n\n1 Software engineer 46.07% $80,427 \n2 College professor 31.39% $81,491 \n3 Financial advisor 25.92% $122,462 \n4 Human resources manager 23.47% $73,731 \n5 Physician assistant 49.65% $75,117
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You should be able to get some great help from some of the traveling nurse organizations.  These companies are employment agencies who help hospitals, etc. hire temporary medical help.  The benefit for you is that working as a "traveling nurse" pays very, very well and there is a huge need for more nurses.  Search Google.com for "traveling nurse" and similar phrases.\n\nA second route would be to contact the Human Resources department of the hospital in the area you wish to live. You should be able to find the name of the hospitals in that area from Google.com search, then you should be able to find their website, and from there find the email address of that hospital's human resources department.  Most hospitals are in desparate need of nurses, and should be glad to send you whatever information you need.
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Your best bet for this career field would be to get a bachelor's degree in nursing, resulting in RN licensure.  While in school, take courses that would help you to be admitted to law school.\n\nAfter graduation, apply for law school.
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Take up an MBA or Post Graduate course (Part Time/Evening or Correspondence Course). You can do it along with your service. Try Indira Gandhi National Open University or any other good unversity or professional Management Institute. You can improve your career by acquiring management skills by enhancing your professional management qualification.
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i don't want to be a nurse
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You can probably get a NOC (Network Operations Center) job or some sort of IT Help Desk. If you have enough database experience (SQL, Oracle) you might be able to get in as a Jr. Level Database Administrator. \n\nIf it's a good company...get your foot in the door and move your way up. Find out how hard it is to transfer to different departments because you are not going to want to stay in some sort of help desk role for long. \n\nYou'll find later on that with enough experience you can move into different roles. Look into Project Management as well.
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i would say go to school and be a nurse. but sinice your kids are about to go to school. hummmmmmmm. could take classes w/ them lol.
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Hi,\nBoth Edward and Aprils have excellent answers.\n\nHere's another idea.\nNot sure if you are familiar with CINAHL (\nCumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature).\nIt indexes (largely professionally written) articles.\nUnfortunately it is not available for free on the Internet, but is \navailable at many medical and academic libraries.\nThe actual text of quite a few of the indexed articles may be\navailable online or in print/paper at the library. Others will have to\nbe ordered from other libraries (Ask librarian for details).\nEven if you are not affiliated with a medical or academic library,\nmost let anybody in, and if you ask for a reference librarian, he or she can get you started.\n\nI searched CINAHL using the subject heading...Charge Nurses..\nHere are a few items of interest.\nI've included abstracts when available\n\nMiller DR. “Do you have the "right stuff" to be a charge nurse?.” Nursing Spectrum -- Philadelphia Tri -- State Edition, v. 9 issue 10, 2000, p. 5.\n\nWard leadership: balancing the clinical and managerial roles. (includes abstract) Firth K; Professional Nurse, 2002 Apr; 17 (8): 486-9. (journal article - research) \nAbstract..This qualitative study investigated ward managers' experiences of combining a clinical leadership role with the managerial and administrative parts of their job. Ward managers saw their main task as one of developing their staff and improving the quality of their service, yet found balancing their different roles problematic.\n\nGet back to the basics of "people" management through chief retention officers. Patient Care Staffing Report, 2003 Jan; 3 (1): 1-3. (journal article - pictorial)\n\nCharge nurse leadership development and evaluation. (includes abstract) Krugman M; Journal of Nursing Administration, 2003 May; 33 (5): 284-92. (journal article - research, tables/charts) \nAbstract....OBJECTIVE: To describe the development and evaluation of a permanent charge nurse role and report outcomes of this leadership model over 4 years. BACKGROUND: A permanent charge nurse role was developed to improve continuity of care and develop emerging nurse leaders. An evaluation model was constructed to measure program outcomes. Kouzes and Posner's Leadership Model served as the theoretical framework. METHODS: The permanent charge nurse role was developed, training planned, and the evaluation framework established. Measurements included two survey instruments, an investigator-developed End-of-Shift Report, and institutional patient satisfaction data. Survey instruments included Kouzes and Posner's Leadership Practice Inventory (LPI), concurrently measuring self (charge) and other (staff) perceptions of charge leadership. The McClosky Mueller Satisfaction Scale (MMSS) measured charge and staff nurse job satisfaction. Data were collected at baseline, post-implementation, and additional time periods. RESULTS: Charge RNs reported significantly more favorable perceptions of leadership abilities than staff. The Shift Report successfully tracked both system and charge management issues. Patient satisfaction data did not yield data due to vendor changes. Job satisfaction results showed charge nurses reported higher satisfaction with schedule, praise and recognition, control and responsibility, than staff nurses. CONCLUSIONS: Using data to evaluate charge nurse leadership guides continued program improvements.\n\nCharge nurses juggle many needs. Mathias JM; OR Manager, 2001 Jul; 17 (7): 18-9. (journal article) \n\nDon't forget our charge nurses. (includes abstract) Sherman RO; Nursing Economic$, May/Jun2005; 23 (3): 125-30, 143. (journal article - equations & formulas, tables/charts) \nIn response to the nursing shortage, many health care organizations are utilizing a team approach to nursing care delivery. Although, the role of the charge nurse in these changing nursing care delivery models is a pivotal one to the effective and safe manag
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I don't know of anything specific, but check the hospitals. Sometimes they have nurse training programs.
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Are you interested to do an MBA? So, you should learn more from marketing (what i believe is more advanced level (or commercial) of diplomacy).\n\nYou have been working within customer care area. You have learned about Customers psicology and also how to deal with problems. (From your company and customers behavior). \n\nYou was Customer Care professional. First step to learn ow to work within Sales and Distribution, Quality control or marketing. You have knowledge about process, incidence issue management, work under pressure and control yourself. Always think about it. \n\nIf you say that, you are a winner. if you say: I've worked within CallCenter and I've jusr answered the phone - you need improve your personal skills and also your perception. \n\nPS. I do not work with it. I've almost got a degree in administration before things go wild
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I think your best bet for a good wage right now is to look toward one of the larger consulting firms.  They are always trying to recruit fresh talent out of school.  Often times they will be willing to help put you through an MBA as well.  My advice would be to put a solid resume together and try to get audience with companies like Accenture, Bearing Point, Cap Gemini, IBM BCS, Serco, KPMG etc... and get a position as a junior consultant or analyst (start out around 50k) and work your way up.  It's pretty easy to make Senior Consultant within 4 or 5 years if you're a hard worker (around 120k) then after that you can stick with the company and move into management or go off and become an independent consultant.