How do I get a job in nursing informatics? Hating my Med-Surg bedside job. I have a BSN degree. Do you need a master's degree for informatics work?

Nursing informatics in some areas need a higher level of degree but not all places are that way. In informatics you need to assess and report on patients and if you do not have the fundamental assessment skills needed you will not cut it. Sometimes the clinical questions from doctors can be difficult. You have to work well with patients, and staff and be a team player to be in this position. You need to be able to navigate EPIC or PCS to manage patients safely. Below is just the IT stuff needed.

Informatics & Technology

Maintains accurate and complete records and reports on documentation of patients’ conditions, active problems, treatments, medications, and outcomes of same to reflect the current status.
Is responsible for a general understanding and use of the Patient Classification System or EPIC and other automated systems, such as HIS, and the laboratory and radiology information systems.
VI. Communication Teamwork & Collaboration

Guides and directs assigned nursing personnel; assigns appropriate duties to staff members, supervises their work and instructs them in its proper performance, and evaluates their progress and performance.
Collaborates with physicians and other members of the health care team to address individual patient care issues through the process of mutual information sharing, discussion, and decision making.
Coordinates nursing plan of care/treatment plan with the medical plan of care.
Consults with other nurses for joint problem solving and setting of mutual goals related to patient care issues.
Collaborates with peers and other members of the health care team to address issues related to unit operations; participates in interdisciplinary performance improvement activities.
Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team in developing a discharge plan/home-going instructions.
In the ambulatory areas: reviews after-visit summary with the patient and/or family member.

Talk to your manager. I will not recommend Masters degree borrowing another large amount of student loan. Rather a certification might be beneficial. After you have secured the job you can go for masters degree if it is a requirement.

Nursing has so many types of jobs out in numerous fields from schools, to industrial to urgent care to teaching. You need med Surg experience to gain more knowledge to prepare yourself for another role that is not at the bedside. Try approaching med Surg for a challenging point and make a career plan to find another position. Maybe you would do better in an MDS role, triage nursing, or assisted living where more people are mobile.

How would I go about getting this degree so I can move on up with my RN and higher education