Happy Holidays

I hope everyone out there has a wonderful Holiday Season! See back here on Jan. 8th with information on how to survive a graduate nursing research class........

Dr. Maggie

Negotiation Skills and Resources for the Masters in Nursing Online Student

Many nurses feel negotiation skills are reserved for high rolling business executives wheeling and dealing with multi-million dollar transactions.  In reality, negotiation skills are used every day, between us and our family members and between us and our co-workers.  A terrific quick read that will help you with “win-win” negotiation skills is a book called “Getting to Yes”.   With a break in course work for online masters in nursing programs, now is the time to pick up this book, which can be purchased used for just shipping costs from Amazon.com.

Dr. Maggie

Hand Washing Notice for Online MSN Student Use

Don’t you wish you could really administer a polygraph to your staff regarding hand washing?! 

–Smile-

Dr. Maggie

How to Transfer from one Masters in Nursing Online Program to Another

Sometimes you can find yourself in a Masters in Nursing Online program that just doesn’t seem to be a “good fit” for your learning needs and for work-life balance.  It is best to discover this lack of “fit” early on, within completion of two courses.  Most programs allow for a maximum of 6 credit hours or two courses to transfer into the new program.  When applying for a transfer into another program, it is important to have documentation of any course work completed.  The course syllabus including methods of evaluation, and any information related to assignments completed- helps make a determination if the prior completed course work is accepted for course work in the new program. Be prepared to possibly “start over” if the MSN Online program change includes a track change, say from a clinical focus to management focus, or vice versa. Evaluate the pros and cons, on paper regarding the change of programs to help you decide if a change will help your quality of life, or better meet career goals.  A change might seem daunting at first, but long term, could very well be the decision you needed in order to regain, motivation to reach your professional and personal goals.

Dr. Maggie