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I love that these cars hold their value, but that’s also making me second guess my plan to buy used. I had decided to be responsible and buy my grand Highlander hybrid 1 year older just to avoid being the one who absorbs that initial depreciation. Then I looked at the prices of 2025’s and decided maybe I should go with a 2024. They aren’t any better! Is it even worth the 10K savings to buy a 2024 with 25-30K miles already on it? I’m not even sure at this point…

I’ve been looking to buy a large parcel of land in SE Michigan, hopefully with a house already on it. My kids and mom wanted to put RV’s out there for a couple of years while they save up to build their own little homes on the land. Apparently it is illegal to do this in Michigan, and many other states as well. How do people get around this? I can’t relocate them from Texas if there’s a chance they will be fined and forced to move. Considered creating a small private campground, and just use it for my family. But zoning is tricky to be able to have a home, a “campground”, and animals for my homestead. It’s starting to feel like a big mistake to make this move. But families buy land for multigenerational homesteads and start in RV’s all the time, so there’s got to be a way around all this…

I have a BSN, and have been in nursing for 23 years. I want to work in research, in some fashion. I feel like a purely research degree is pretty specific, but a MPH would allow me to work in research and open other doors as well.

What kind of degree did you all get, and what kind of jobs do you have? Was it worth it?

World health is interesting as well..

I have a BSN, and have been in nursing for 23 years. I want to work in research, in some fashion. I feel like a purely research degree is pretty specific, but a MPH would allow me to work in research and open other doors as well.

What kind of degree did you all get, and what kind of jobs do you have? Was it worth it?

World health is interesting as well..

I have my BSN, and have been in nursing for 23 years. I want to get my masters for sure, and maybe my doctorate later. Maybe. I am really stuck on which direction to go with my masters.

Paths I am interested in and have considered are education, research, public or world health (focused on epidemiology), and informatics.

I originally was set on becoming a NP, but just am not sure I am passionate about that. Many people push me to continue with that plan regardless, because it opens many other doors even if I don’t want to do patient care. If I did do this, it would likely be the mental health route. It seems to have more job opportunities in a saturated market, higher earning potential, and many opportunities to work remotely which I may soon need.

I’m not particularly interested in IT, but I feel it is the future, and I do enjoy the process improvement and teaching aspects that go along with nursing informatics. But everyone that I know in nursing informatics does not have a degree and says it’s not needed, so I’m not sure if it’s worth my time.

I can work in education and teach, without a degree in education. Any masters will do, so I’m wondering if I should focus on something else that will give me other options as well. I don’t want to teach right now, but could see myself teaching nursing school at the end of my career.

I am very interested in research. I get tunnel vision and am completely obsessed when I am interested in a topic. I am naturally very detail oriented, and have a talent for organization and process improvement. I was the coordinator for a department in my last role, and had lots of time to do work that I never did as a staff nurse. I was very quickly recognized throughout IP, quality, and all of division. I also enjoyed sharing my findings, and teaching the staff better processes, grounded in evidence based practice.

I’m unclear what a masters in research will do for me since I can participate in medical trials with my BSN, and to really run studies you need a PhD anyways. What roles does a masters in nursing research actually open?

I have read that I can still work in nursing research with a MPH/epidemiology, as well as work in many other settings. It seems that I can also study a much wider variety of topics with a degree in MPH/epidemiology, rather than just nursing research. I’ve also read/heard hundreds of times that the MPH field is oversaturated and underpaid. I think this question/ fork in the road is my primary hang up. Which path would fulfill me more, and give me more job options. I don’t 100% understand the differences, or the pros/cons of choosing one vs the other. I don’t truly understand what the day to day would look like, which may be very different than what I’m imagining. Without shadowing I think it would be hard to feel certain about a direction.

I’ve also recently been hearing about nurse attorneys, so law school would be the direction for that. I think that could satisfy my interest in research, but not sure how many other doors it would open.

I have wondered if I would be best served getting my NP (that gives me a masters, as well as knowledge in the research process), and maybe do a concentration in epidemiology. Our nursing informatics director has shared plenty of courses that are available to everybody, which can give me some informatics knowledge for my resume if that is a direction I end up in. Am I correct in thinking that this combo would actually make every career path (except law) I am interested in, a solid viable option?

Another consideration is income. I currently make a lot of money for a nurse (approaching 140k). I need a career path with a decent earning potential. I don’t need to be rich, but I would not want to make less than 115k.

If anyone has any insight you are willing to share, I would be deeply grateful.

I have my BSN, and have been in nursing for 23 years. I want to get my masters for sure, and maybe my doctorate later. Maybe. I am really stuck on which direction to go with my masters.

Paths I am interested in and have considered are education, research, public or world health (focused on epidemiology), and informatics.

I originally was set on becoming a NP, but just am not sure I am passionate about that. Many people push me to continue with that plan regardless, because it opens many other doors even if I don’t want to do patient care. If I did do this, it would likely be the mental health route. It seems to have more job opportunities in a saturated market, higher earning potential, and many opportunities to work remotely which I may soon need.

I’m not particularly interested in IT, but I feel it is the future, and I do enjoy the process improvement and teaching aspects that go along with nursing informatics. But everyone that I know in nursing informatics does not have a degree and says it’s not needed, so I’m not sure if it’s worth my time.

I can work in education and teach, without a degree in education. Any masters will do, so I’m wondering if I should focus on something else that will give me other options as well. I don’t want to teach right now, but could see myself teaching nursing school at the end of my career.

I am very interested in research. I get tunnel vision and am completely obsessed when I am interested in a topic. I am naturally very detail oriented, and have a talent for organization and process improvement. I was the coordinator for a department in my last role, and had lots of time to do work that I never did as a staff nurse. I was very quickly recognized throughout IP, quality, and all of division. I also enjoyed sharing my findings, and teaching the staff better processes, grounded in evidence based practice.

I’m unclear what a masters in research will do for me since I can participate in medical trials with my BSN, and to really run studies you need a PhD anyways. What roles does a masters in nursing research actually open?

I have read that I can still work in nursing research with a MPH/epidemiology, as well as work in many other settings. It seems that I can also study a much wider variety of topics with a degree in MPH/epidemiology, rather than just nursing research. I’ve also read/heard hundreds of times that the MPH field is oversaturated and underpaid. I think this question/ fork in the road is my primary hang up. Which path would fulfill me more, and give me more job options. I don’t 100% understand the differences, or the pros/cons of choosing one vs the other. I don’t truly understand what the day to day would look like, which may be very different than what I’m imagining. Without shadowing I think it would be hard to feel certain about a direction.

I’ve also recently been hearing about nurse attorneys, so law school would be the direction for that. I think that could satisfy my interest in research, but not sure how many other doors it would open.

I have wondered if I would be best served getting my NP (that gives me a masters, as well as knowledge in the research process), and maybe do a concentration in epidemiology. Our nursing informatics director has shared plenty of courses that are available to everybody, which can give me some informatics knowledge for my resume if that is a direction I end up in. Am I correct in thinking that this combo would actually make every career path (except law) I am interested in, a solid viable option?

Another consideration is income. I currently make a lot of money for a nurse (approaching 140k). I need a career path with a decent earning potential. I don’t need to be rich, but I would not want to make less than 115k.

If anyone has any insight you are willing to share, I would be deeply grateful.