Tired of the hospital setting or looking for a new challenge? Fortunately, the delivery of health care today is less hospital-based and more focused on delivery of care in various community-based environments. This reality opens the door for nurses who pursue additional skills and knowledge through a Master's of Nursing (MSN) degree and/or certificate programs. Some examples include:
Clinical nurse specialists who perform advanced work in specialized fields such as oncology or mental health.
Certified nurse midwives who help women through pregnancy, childbirth, and help care for their newborns.
Faith-based community nurses who provide health promotion, education and health care within a faith community, often devoting attention to the spiritual, as well as physical aspects of health and healing.
Family Nurse practitioners who perform many primary care functions while collaborating with physicians in such settings as clinics, hospitals, and in foreign medical missionary service.
Flight nurses who care for patients as they are transported by air ambulance from the scene of injury/illness to a health care facility or from one facility to another.
Forensic nurses who use their nursing skills and knowledge of pathophysiology to solve cases, often in the criminal justice system.
Legal nurse consultants who perform review of medical records for insurance claims and/or to advise on litigation.
Nurse anesthetists who anesthetize patients in the operating room, emergency room and elsewhere.
Nurse educators who design and implement education for nurses and or teach nursing students.
Nursing informatics specialists who perform data management and information technology as it relates to health care.
Nurse researchers who study ways to improve nursing methods and evaluate patterns of patient care.
This is certainly not an exhaustive list of career opportunities for nurses pursuing higher education and thus advancement in their careers. As our population continues to age and the demand for easier, faster and more convenient health care rises, so will the opportunity for nurses to creatively expand their roles.
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Top Specialties for Nurses with an MSNOriginally from: http://www.nursinglink.com/education/articles/8372-top-specialties-for-nurses-with-an-msn
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