>> For somebody coming into a nurse management role, eventually they need a bachelor's
in nursing and preferably a master's in nursing as we continue to sort
of raise the bar on our profession.
I would consider hiring people with an associate's in nursing and bachelor's
in another field and then eventually would encourage them
to come back for a master's in nursing.
For the nurse manager you're bridging the gap
between the clinical practice and the management function.
So the nurse manager with good clinical experience and with some kind
of leadership background and it doesn't have to be the traditional you go
from assistant manager to manager.
I find people who have leadership roles in other industries have developed a lot of competencies
that are very adaptable to being a nurse leader, whether it's military
or public service or in other industries.
So if they have the combination of the clinical nursing experience plus leadership
and then we can develop the skill from there whether,
you know the budgeting, the operational issues.
We can develop those skills.
It's really the leadership competencies and then some level of clinical experience.
Any kind of healthcare exposure plus leadership training can be beneficial.
So outside of the clinical leadership in nursing there's, you know,
we have healthcare administrators that are operational that are
over different non-clinical departments and in those cases I think having some level
of healthcare exposure and it doesn't have to be anything specific,
but just an overall understanding of healthcare operations plus the business background
or the leadership background, I think those candidates can be very successful.