To have a specialty in nursing such as nurse anesthetist or surgical nurse, will you HAVE to get a Masters of Science in Nursing or could you recieve a masters in something else?
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RN/BSN
Which is a Registered Nurse with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing. And once you have that then you can branch off into areas of specialty.
Well, to be an RN that works in surgery, you simply need an ASN or a BSN. To be a “Clinical Nurse Specialist”, you need a Masters in that area.
I work in OB and we have “primary care nurses” (what used to be called “bedside nurses” and we all have either an Associate or a Bachelors in Nursing (ASN or BSN). Our unit also has a couple of Clinical Nurse Specialists, who after having years of Labor/Delivery RN experience, went a got Masters in this area. The “make rounds” on our patients, educate the staff, and help in implementing and writing policies and procedures specific to Maternal/Newborn nursing.
We also have a couple of Certified Nurse-Midwives that are RN’s with Masters in Midwifery. They work with an OB/GYN practice and do deliveries in our unit.
For Anesthesia, we have many CRNA’s on staff. They are RN’s that have had several years of Critical Care nursing experience before getting their Masters-level education.
It all depends on what and how you want to specialize. After graduating with my ASN, I started working in OB and have been there since. I “specialized” by only working in Maternal/Newborn nursing.