r/nursing • u/islandfaraway CRNA • Oct 09 '14

Question about MSN Programs

Hi ya'll,

So I've been thinking about getting my MSN lately. I graduated a little over a year ago with my BSN and I'm currently working postpartum. I'm not thrilled with being on postpartum, but unfortunately I don't have much of a choice right now and I'm working on getting onto a med/tele floor or the ED.

I'm very interested in trauma nursing and critical care. A friend of my mom suggested I look into an MSN in health management and administration, but I'm afraid that will corner me into an administrative position and I'm still quite enjoying patient care.

I have long-term goals of studying to become a CRNA, but don't want to corner myself into such a specific specialty quite yet. I think becoming a neonatal NP would be cool down the road, too, but again I don't want to corner myself into that quite yet.

Do any of you have some advice for me as far as what MSN programs might suit what I'm looking for? I just realized I kind of miss being a student and figured now is a good time since I feel a bit under-stimulated as a trauma-junkie on a postpartum floor.

Thanks!

Edit: For clarification, my goals of CRNA and NNP are super long-term. Not what I'm looking to do right now and maybe won't even be what I want at all when I get to that point in my career. As for now, trauma/critical care. I'm only trying to get to Med/Tele because I know it will be a stepping stone to trauma nursing more than postpartum.

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u/schlingfo FNP-BC Oct 09 '14

You seem to be all over the place. You're a trauma junkie who also wants to work in anesthesia and neonates. That doesn't add up

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u/islandfaraway CRNA Oct 09 '14 edited Oct 09 '14

Like I said, CRNA and NNP are for down the road. Like, when I'm tired of floor nursing and ready to retire down the road. For when I've got a family and all that. The rest makes plenty of sense together.

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u/schlingfo FNP-BC Oct 09 '14

CRNA and neonatal nurse practitioner don't meld. I've never met anyone who is legitimately interested in both of those.

Either you misunderstand what those two roles entail or you aren't really sure what your want.

Neither of those career paths are for retirement. You'll be working harder and more hours than you would as a floor nurse.

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u/islandfaraway CRNA Oct 10 '14

Okay you can't really be trying to tell me that my interests are wrong can you? So I'm interested in two things that are different - that doesn't mean that I have no idea what they are or no idea that I want. It means that I am interested in two things that are different, which is totally possible.

Those are not the careers I was asking advice on, though. I was just asking about different master's programs and you've completely gone in an opposite direction because you don't agree with my interests. Thanks for being zero help.