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Beyond the Bedside: Degrees, Roles and the Nonlinear Career
Beyond the Bedside: Degrees, Roles and the Nonlinear Career is a 1-contact-hour course from HIVE Nurse, built by nurses for nurses. Nurses pursue advanced degrees without a clear picture of what the degree permits, and employers compound it by hiring the credential into a role with no structure for using it. This activity distinguishes what each terminal degree prepares a nurse to do, maps six non-bedside roles that are still nursing, and names the organisational conditions - protected time, data access, a seat at the table - that decide whether a doctorate gets used or sits on a badge. Eight microlessons, completed in any order, including a case study of a DNP nobody used and an appraisal of qualitative evidence on why the degree goes invisible.
At a glance
- Type
- Course
- Contact hours
- 1.0 contact hour
- Price
- $9, or included with HIVE Unlimited
- Format
- Online, self-paced
- Lessons
- 8 short lessons, then a post-test and evaluation
- Built by
- Elizabeth Miller Walters, DNP, RN, CPNP, PMGT-BC
- Provider
- Florida Board of Nursing CE Provider #50-57054
What you will be able to do
- Distinguish what a PhD, a DNP and an EdD each prepare a nurse to do, and identify non-bedside roles that remain nursing practice.
- Name one organisational condition that determines whether a degree gets used, and one condition you intend to try to secure in your own setting.
Lessons
- More Than Bedside
- Which Degree, and What For
- From Manager to Faculty
- The Path That Isn't a Ladder
- What a DNP Is Actually For
- The DNP Nobody Used
- Six Roles That Are Still Nursing
- Invisible on the Org Chart
How to take it
Open it in the HIVE Nurse app on your phone or computer. A free account keeps your progress and your certificate in your Career Tracker; your first contact hour each month is free.