Re: Health Care and Quality
I have also found that, in almost all cases, a RN certificate was demanded. I have a split opinion of this.
One one hand, it seems like closed-mindedness. People who know how to do something one way keep teaching how to do it that same way. They say "Let us do it (this one way) better" but they seem in sore need of fresh thinking, techniques that have been developed over decades and objectivity. Look at how we grapple with the issue of accurately written prescriptions.
One the other hand, let us stop to consider how much of what we do that is centered around our specialty. Would we be able to transplant ourselves in an utterly different specialty and promote value? Would we be taken seriously?
I decided, painfully, perhaps not. Isn't this sort of problem one reason why highly paid executives, Black Belts or consultants sometimes get hired to do turnarounds, but fail?
So my suggestion is this: if you get a buyout package, consider getting an Associates in nursing. Your community college may offer one. Get that license so they'll give youi the time of day.
While in school you'd be able to take the technical peculiarities associated with medicine and apply your hard-won wisdom at analysis and managing defects. In my view, that's what a successful migration would require.