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Educational Opportunities E A RN YO U R M A S T E R O F S C I E N C E I N
NURSING Part-time program with small class sizes Designed for working nurses who hold a BSN Three areas of concentration • Advanced practice nursing • Nursing education • Clinical nurse leader
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EARN YOUR
MAS TER OF SCIENCE IN
NURS ING Advance your nursing career with a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN). Advance your nursing career with a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN). Here are the top five reasons you should pursue your MSN: 1. Increase your earning potential. There are more job opportunities and higher salaries for those with an MSN degree. The median annual salary for advanced practice nurses in the U.S. is $107,4601. This will allow you to quickly earn back your investment in your nursing education. 2. Become an advanced practice or specialized nurse Once you earn your MSN degree, you are equipped to assume a leadership role within the field of healthcare and you can specialize in a number of
interesting fields such as psychiatric-mental health, oncology, pediatrics, or become a nurse practitioner or nurse educator. This is also the first step toward pursuing a doctoral degree. 3. Distinguish yourself from your peers Although an MSN degree is not currently a requirement for working as a nurse, the field of nursing is becoming increasingly competitive. As you are competing for jobs or promotions, leaders are more likely to consider those with an advanced degree over an RN or BSN. 4. Move into a managerial position Earning your MSN degree allows you to practice with less supervision and gives you the flexibility to move into managerial or
administrative roles. This means you can influence the policies and procedures that exist to ensure patients receive the best possible care. 5. Deliver the best healthcare, for your patients and for yourself The nature of nursing requires continuous growth and improvement. Earning your MSN degree will give you the satisfaction of knowing that you are striving to deliver the best healthcare to your patients and community. CSUSM offers an MSN program with cohorts starting each fall semester. For more information, visit csusm.edu/el/msn, email el.inquiry@csusm.edu or call 760-750-4004. 1Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016
News of the Weird
died after her Ford Bronco left the road on Territorial Highway and rolled on Oct. 4. Hitt was ejected from her car and then struck by a second vehicle, driven by Nadine M. Killmaster, 32, of Yakima, Washington. Oregon State Police told The Register-Guard they believe Hitt was using a mobile phone just before the crash. [Register-Guard, 10/6/2017]
back seat. "This is the most Iowa thing that has EVER happened to me," Hannah Waskel tweeted, along with a video of the miniature horse. "We started laughing and the people driving the horse saw us and waved," Hannah told UPI. "They even rolled the window down for the horse." [United Press International, 10/16/2017]
Ewwwww! Quick-thinking paramedics in Dorset, England, saved the life of a man whose fishing outing went south when a dover sole jumped down his throat and blocked his windpipe on Oct. 5. Sam Quilliam, 28, had just caught the 5 1/2-inch-long fish and went to give it a kiss when it wriggled free and lodged in his throat. "I ran round the pier like a headless chicken and then passed out," Quilliam told The Guardian. When first responders arrived, Quilliam was not breathing, but friends were performing CPR. Paramedic Matt Harrison said: "It was clear that we needed to get the fish out or this patient was not going to survive. ... I was able to eventually dislodge the tip of the tail and very carefully, so as not to break the tail off, I tried to remove it -- although the fish's barbs and gills were getting stuck on the way back up." Finally, the fish "came out in one piece," Harrison said. Quilliam said his brush with death won't put him off fishing. "Once I am back at work and fit, I will probably get back at it again," he said. [The Guardian, 10/13/2017]
Horsing Around -- Lindsey Partridge of Ontario, Canada, booked herself at a pet-friendly Super 8 in Georgetown, Kentucky, for the Retired Racehorse Project's Thoroughbred Makeover on Oct. 4. At check-in, Partridge asked the front desk clerk if the pet policy included horses, to which the clerk answered, "Aw, I wouldn't mind. You could do that." So Partridge returned to her horse trailer and brought Blizz, her retired racehorse, into the hotel. Partridge and Blizz took a video and a few photos in the room, but eventually Partridge took Blizz to the Kentucky Horse Park, where the rooms are more suited to equine visitors. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that Blizz took third place in the trail competition during the event. [Lexington Herald-Leader, 10/14/2017]
-- Meanwhile, in Iowa, a pair of women stopped at a traffic light in Altoona What's in a Name? in October looked at the Carrie L. Hitt, 42, of car next to them and saw a Junction City, Oregon, horse staring back from the
Questionable Judgment Tucson, Arizona, firefighters were called on Oct. 15 to a mobile home park after a resident there tried to remove spiderwebs from beneath his trailer using a propane torch, but ended up setting his home on fire. KVOA-TV reported that the unnamed man's elderly mother, who also lived there, suffered minor injuries while being carried out of the mobile home with the help of neighbors. [KVOATV, 10/16/2017] Wait, What? U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport made an unusual discovery in the luggage of a traveler arriving from Vietnam in October: 54 illegal bird nests. The nests, which are considered a delicacy in some countries, are built out of solidified bird saliva and are used to make soup and broth, reported UPI. However, they are banned from entering the United States because they may carry infectious TURN TO WEIRD ON A16