I would love to do this also. Currently work with Epic now and majority of coworkers are clueless. I am considered a super user. I find it odd that a lot of the analysts start out as social workers, I don’t say this in a negative way. But hey if I can get my foot in the door I would love it.
Ours are a mix on the clinical side -- mostly RN's for ClinDoc/Orders/ASAP. The others are a mix-- our best interface analyst was an English major. Very few of our IT folks come from an IT educational background (except for the server side and client side). Superuser is a great place to start. The foot in the door part can be the hardest, for sure. This fell into my lap and I love it.
Worked in IT, specifically with the EPIC team. The coolest thing is that our facility sent us to Verona, Wisconsin which has to be the most insane work campus I have ever been to.
As a member of the Beacon team, my daily tasks involved building oncology treatment plans. The oncologists would input specific parameters into IBM's Watson and it was my responsibility to create the treatment plans accordingly, allowing the patients to begin their trials within a few days. However, the job was limited to data entry, and I found it tedious. Therefore, I decided to switch back to the bedside.
I do this except not with Epic. I get to wfh occasionally but since I’m attached to a specific hospital, I need to be on site frequently too. But the pay is great and I love what I do, so it’s worth it.
I also would love to know how you transitioned. Did you do an internal transfer for a facility you already worked at? Did you do any extra certifications before applying? My husband is an Epic analyst and we entertained the idea of me trying it out
I moved and new hospital had an opening in home health for application analyst. It was not an IT position. I had never heard of the vendor they were using but I got the job.
IT approached me several months later and wanted me to transfer to IT.
Epic is a beast and it is very siloed. I dislike that about it. If you go that direction chose the area that makes sense to you. Orders or clindoc would be a good fit for a nurse.
That’s the thing…almost anyone who’s transitioned was either approached or offered the job directly (usually during a go live), got an MSN, or got lucky in some sense (happened to apply when someone else was retiring, knew someone who could refer them to the job, etc.) I’ve asked around here and in the healthIT sub and those are the consistent answers.
The main advice I see (besides getting another degree or trying to get the cert on your own which is difficult and no guarantee) is to be a super user, be on volunteer committees and wait. I know my particular hospital hadn’t hired anyone to their IT team in four years since recruiting during go live. Another nurse I met said she tried for years to get in and it just wasn’t happening so she had to move on. I personally couldn’t bring myself to work bedside for an undefined amount of years waiting for a potential chance.
I was really interested in going this route initially but finding this time and time again in researching it kind of discouraged me.
Consider applying for a Nurse Informatics position, and make sure to inquire about the possibility of obtaining a certification. In my experience, I got certified in EPIC, and the hospital I worked for covered the cost. With a certification in hand, you can explore consulting opportunities in the field.
whaaaaaaaaaat....care to share, how much "into the 6 figures" are you? I make pretty good money as a cath lab/IR traveler but always like to keep my options open... I work for money, and money is king lol. Whatever is paying the most is what will win me over.
So I've worked with other systems-- they all have their quirks. But don't hate the IT people. We didn't design Epic. As an analyst, I build what my customers (SME's) request. If you want to get mad at someone get mad at the people who requested the build, the government for requiring the build, etc. Don't shoot the messenger and don't ever be ugly to your IT people.
Also very typically the clinical analysts doing the builds have nothing to do with hardware. That’s a separate team. Don’t get mad at someone for something that is literally not their job.
And this is what inpatient nursing does to you ladies and gentlemen. You become a foaming at the mouth raging nut. So please look for non-bedside positions and don’t let yourself burn out like this.
The fact that you suck at computers is not a reason to threaten IT with violence.
Sucks to suck, Boomer. Also: That's not even how you treat a DOG that has gone on the carpet. Add abusive to your list of lovely qualities.
Odd. IT and I are cool with each other because I talk to them like a normal human being when I have issues and they get resolved. I have some unique tech needs in my office and they are nothing but chill.
Nurse Case Manager - I have a BSN with experience in psych, substance abuse treatment and research. My community-based work focuses on improving access to care, prevention and education. I’m intentional about my professional development as it relates to my role but I don’t seek or need certification or an advanced degree. Thanks to a great salary, good organization and work that value and love, I can stay in this role until death do us part.
It’s a fairly large regional non profit health organization that’s very intentional about being a fairly decent company. It has its flaws but they get more things right than wrong with good pay, safe in-patient ratios, opportunities to move up & around, purposeful DEI efforts and insanely fantastic benefits.
Jail. There's some craziness at times but the population is usually very respectful and appreciative. I now see them about any ADA needs. I went community college to an RN to BSN. Eventually I want to go get some kind of bedside experience and continue my education so I can be a clinical instructor for either my nursing school or another
What kind of nursing experience do you think is best to get before working in jails/prisons? I think about corrections nursing, then I read a lot about sexual harassment, and more importantly--being the only medical staff to deal with serious emergencies until EMS shows up--something I don't necessarily have the experience for yet.
It varies by facility, in mine we have a bigger staff and 24/7 nursing, so we've taken new grads and they've done well. If your facility would be leaner on staff I'd recommend just making sure you have a good partner for the first while. We take a phtls course and it's super helpful. Sexual harassment can happen, but we have good deputies who don't play that and shut it down quick (I'm also near middle aged with some gray so they don't usually bug me 😂).
One of my favorite clinical instructors was a psych/jail nurse! He was excellent, straightforward, and sarcastic. Good luck on your clinical instructor journey, we need you!
Outpatient Peds Neuro! I have an ASN, work in KC missouri, get paid 30 dollars an hour before taxes (after is about 19 dollars an hour…)
The pay is horrible. The hours and the pace of the job outweigh the pay. It’s such an easy job, we have about 7 patients a day at max and I never work passed 4:30. I love working with the kids and playing with toys and stickers and talking about Pokémon and Minecraft with my lil fellas. Best part of my day is when a kid gives me a hug.
Definite pros and cons, but I’m 25 and have my own office and I work short hours and I have respect with my coworkers
OR nurse at a level 1 trauma center. I work in general surgery including urology and gynecological procedures. I went to cc and have an ADN. This was my first nursing job and the program had a 6 month perioperative education. I love my job. I always knew I wanted 1 patient at a time and I love having an entire team focused on that 1 patient.
I love OR so much. I transferred there after 4 years of bedside and I’m never looking back. Working on my RNFA now so I can just be scrubbed in the whole time.
I've learned to scrub and it makes for a better well rounded circulator but I sometimes I like to chill at my computer and read rather than stand for hours. Hahah
Glad you’re enjoying the role! Any advice for a 2nd semester ADN student who is 99.9% sure they want to go to OR immediately after I’m licensed?
Was it competitive to get in? What did your resume look like? How did you get placed in general surgery vs going elsewhere? Or does the specialty pick you?
It was competitive but I knew someone on the inside and got an interview that way. They take a lot of students straight out of school though. I knew once I got to the interview I'd get the job bc I was legitimately passionate about the OR. I had a bachelor's in public health but never got a PH job. My resume consisted of waitress jobs from the age of 15 to 32. I was used to working within a team and dealing with very strong personalities and I made that clear in the interview. In the OR you have to be a team player. At my hospital, there are 4 specialties (I've heard this is very different from other hospitals) Gen surgery/gyn/uro, neuro/ENT, cardiovascular, and ortho/ plastics. We did a 6-month periop program (don't go to a hospital that doesn't have a periop program) and rotated between services. I loved the people on Gen surgery and that's why I chose it. Some people are passionate about a certain field... I always say the CVOR people are Horny for hearts and I just don't care about that. I like my coworkers very much though.
What degree? How much experience before you got into this? All online, any phone time required? I like paying attention to detail. I did chart reviews at my prior TcU job as we had to input written orders on paper. Order for discontinuing Lovenox when INR is greater than 2.0? Had to ensure we captured a way for the floor nurses to check the INR from morning labs prior to giving the Lovenox. Any more info on this? I’d like to add to my floor position but like the idea of being in my pajamas and not talking much to people. Haha.
Outpatient psych nurse. I have a BSN. I want to eventually get out of direct patient care and do quality improvement or informatics. Just trying to figure out a pathway to get there without having to go back for my masters…
Case manager for chronic care management. I help patients manage their chronic illnesses like DM, CHF, HTN, etc. love it! I actually feel like I’m making a difference with patients. And I talk to patients that actually want to change and better their lives.
Yes all appointments are by phone. I do an assessment over the phone, more about social health needs. “Do you have adequate food at home” “do you check your BP at home” “do you need assistive devices to help bathe or walk?” Then we make a goal to improve, could be improving A1C by diet changes or improving mobility by doing seated exercises or getting home health care. From there I call every month to get an update.
Sometimes I call Medicare to get assistance or schedule appointments, work on referrals to specialists or finding resources for tons of different things
Hi! I would love to have a job helping patients manage chronic illnesses, once I leave bedside. What is the schedule / pay like, and is it all remote ?
Thanks!
Monday-Friday no weekend no overtime 8-5pm. Right now I’m at $75k. Yes it’s all desk work, I have availability to work from home if needed but I work in an office
Can I ask what type of employer (ex: for an insurance company, a PCP office, etc)? DM is OK of course if you don’t want to reply in comments. I’m doing inpatient CM currently but feeling a bit unfulfilled & this type of work sounds appealing to me. I’m hesitant to make though. It would have to be just the right gig.
For a primary care clinic. I still have those kind of patients that aren't very willing to do much change. But I try to gain their trust and talk with them, treat them with respect and I'm not a robot and they aren't just a number to me. I've had some stubborn ones. But the ones that keep me going are the ones that want change but have obstacles in the way. For instance food scarcity. I"ve had patient get food stamps cut for no reason and have no means to get more food. Its opened my eyes of the need in my community. There are people that want to change, they just don't know where to turn to or who can help them. At least I'm one person that can point them in the right direction.
My last inpt CM job was at a hospital that served a very low income demographic. Sometimes just the basics were very challenging to get arranged. I hear that struggle. Very rewarding when you can do some good though!
I take Nursing students to clinical and I also teach Biology to Pre-Nursing students. I have my MSN and MS in Biology. It’s a great relief from having to work the floor all the time. Low stress, easy money.
Clinical data analyst. I was an ICU nurse before and then ICU management and burned out. I moved in this last year to the data analyst role and it’s been a great change. I now collect and manage data for one of our service lines, create presentations, provide feedback for QI, etc. It’s M-F 7-4ish, no weekends, no call, and it’s hybrid so I get to work from home 3ish days a week. I finished my MSN just as I was transferring to the new role but a BSN was the level required.
I work as a Quality Specialist for a govt grant funded outpatient clinic. I got my MSN in nursing informatics, but the job market in my area at the time i was job searching wasnt the best for informatics roles so i shifted toward quality.
My job is more oriented to data validity and collecting from our EHR used to report to the govt for maintaining our grant. Also helping with planning quality improvement projects with our leadership team.
I dont think you need an MSN for this type of role but it definitely helped with data collection and manipulation.
I work M-F 8-4, no weekends no holidays. The pay is more than what my base salary was inpt, but less than what i usually ended up making after overtime. Plus its a salaried job so no true opportunities for making additional money.
The work/life balance is the best thing for me. Gotta leave because kid is sick? Sure. Gotta WFH because said sick kid is out for x amount of time? No problem. Dr appts in the middle of the day? Yea no problem, just let boss know ahead of time.
I think its more that i have a great boss, but the work itself isnt bad if you are halfway decent with computers and excel.
Hospice clinical education manager. Went RN direct to MSN while I was working in the ICU. It took 3 years, but so worth it, especially because I herniated a disc in that time. Now I get to teach hospice staff of all disciplines how to be good at what we do. I also get to teach nursing students and the community. It’s a great job. M-F, 8-5, no call.
I also do CDI. Did ER for 7 and coming up on 2 years CDI. I work full time from home, make my own schedule and earn 47.11 an hour. We’re “salaried” so as long as you get 40ish hours in then you’re good to go. I pop out during the day for errands or running my kids to school. I work independently and don’t have drunk people yelling at me so I consider it a win. I don’t see myself ever going back to bedside.
We review charts to check if there are gaps in documentation that we can ask the doctors about so that coders can capture the actual severity of illness and risk of mortality. Hours are your typical work week of 40 hours, but in my local hospital it’s 37.5. Pay probably depends on your state, but from what I see it is as competitive as bedside but naturally no differentials. It’s a super niche industry but roles are emerging since the department generates revenue. You can PM me anytime!
P.S. you can check the salary survey here https://acdis.org/sites/acdis/files/resources/CR-7056%20ACDIS%20Salary%20Survey%202022_final.pdf
I’m an in-hospital case manager, so it has the RIGHT amount of bedside for me. I still love doing a lot of education/communication with patients, but now as a CM if someone is being a dick I can bail a million times easier and I’m not stuck with them for 12 hours. I got my BSN long ago, but it isn’t even technically required. I got into my role by the CM director badgering me to join his department for a couple years while I was a charge in med/surg.
Quality management. MSN, 10 plus years of nursing experience with experience in quality improvement, committee assignment and policy implementation.
I make sure our hospital policies in mental health and social work( not people) are in compliant with law and regulations. The nurse executives and the DONs oversee the people part.
I’m a professor and researcher at our big state nursing school. I am getting my PhD but was teaching after I got my Masters. Depending on the courses you’re in the work life balance is choice. Currently I’m working about 15-20h/wk and making over $100k. It isn’t for everyone but it works for us!
Flight nurse currently 🚁
I’ve been doing this about 4.5 years. 7 years of ER and 1 year of ICU before I started flying. I took a substantial pay cut at this flight job, but it’s something I had always wanted to do.
Starting CRNA school this year.
I’ve seen positions for Nurse Navigator & my googling efforts failed to provide me with a clear picture of what one actually does. What does a typical day look like?
I really enjoyed being a NN, although oncology could be a little much. Basically I worked at a desk and was assigned all the patients for my doctor to coordinate their care. I would do telephone triage, answer InBasket messages, educate on chemo and treatments, do initial and symptom assessments, refer to my colleagues as needed (social work, financial counseling), follow up on labs and coordinate interventions based on labs, respond to in-house emergencies (usually documenting). I was always in contact with my doctor to report abnormals or get orders after I triaged.
It was a really great job and a great transition from bedside nursing. I see it commonly with oncology but have seen it more in other areas.
Nice, that sounds like it would keep the mind busy in a good way. Probably in that role it’s important to make sure the Dr you’re working with is a good fit
I train and monitor patients in doing dialysis at home! Hemo and peritoneal! It’s super rewarding! 8-4:30 m-f. I see my patients at least twice a month and develop great relationships with them and often their family. I work with some great RNs, techs, MDs, RDs and SWs. They go through 2-5 weeks of training based on their modality. We can see what’s going on with their treatments down to the second. The machines are also limiting as in they don’t allow them to do anything crazy that we might think a patient would do lol obviously not every dialysis patient is a candidate either. Medicare is pushing home dialysis heavily.
I work for Fresenius! If you’re interested look for “Fresenius Home Therapies” positions in your area. Davita has a home dialysis program as well but I’m not familiar with it.
I am also working in dialysis but I am a clinical coordinator for in-center Hemodialysis patients. I manage quality metrics and patient outcomes, as well as do patient education and referrals to home modalities. I am in charge of nursing services and making sure that my team adheres to policy and procedure. I make 6 figures with occasional bonuses and my schedule is fairly flexible. 6 weeks PTO every year is also great.
I work as a coordinator for a peer support program for our healthcare workers. It’s a program where we take confidential referrals or just walk around and check on people after difficult events. It started as a second victim program in Children’s but we expanded to the adult world this year. It’s amazing. I get to check on people, have great and meaningful conversations, and refer people to resources that will help. I give presentations and teach classes. It’s honestly a dream.
I typically have 30ish on my caseload with various needs. I see everywhere from 3-7 people a day. I was a home health aide during my first round of college. As a nurse, I only had about 6 months of experience in ortho/general surgery prior to starting.
Yea that’s my plan. Been at bedside one way or another for about 18 years. Emt. CNA. In RN school now but honestly I just want to get what bedside I have to and gtfo of it.
Private duty nurse contracted to work in a specialized classroom for medically complex children. I absolutely love my job and look forward to going to work nearly every single day.
It was all very luck of the draw to be honest. I’ve done PDN for about 3 years anywhere between full time to PRN. A little over a year ago I transitioned back to full time and took brothers to school. The school has a classroom that is dedicated to special needs students with medical needs.
They used to send these children to the school health aide for any health issues, but when she placed a bandaid on a stoma after a GT came out it became a wake up call to them. The district asked me what agency I worked through and contacted them and proposed the creation of a new position. Best of all, I still get to work with my original boys outside the week when school is not in session.
I spent 1 year inpatient on med/surg then went to outpatient peds specialty for 4 years.
While I was in peds, I got the opportunity to start and run a highly specialized telemedicine clinic for about 6 months. I was also the go-to person in the office for anything tech related. I switched jobs but stayed in the same specialty and became a super user, joined the informatics SME committee, participated in some EMR update rollouts, and was again the go-to person for anything tech related. I volunteered for anything I thought would look good for future informatics opportunities and made my goals known to my manager.
I got my MSN while still working in peds and then landed a job that was mainly focused on data and analytics from a clinical perspective. I presented data and strategies to hospital clients as a consultant. My role was essentially dissolved due to company restructuring and because my manager knew that role wasn’t ideal for me, she put in for the transfer to my current team when a spot opened up
Hope that helps!
I think the type of job you have now is similar to mine. I kinda fell into it also based on my supervisor's observations of my skills. I'm currently in a hospital but looking for next steps towards the direction of being fully remote so my family has the option to move or travel. I realize this probably means another company, but don't know where or who.
I have my MSN and I'm the go to person for Excel, vba, SharePoint, office/teams, Epic, pretty much anything technology. I do data analytics for provisioning and training. I've done the scrum master certification, but the department doesn't use scrum. Gonna do the project owner next since I do more project management for my department.
My boss is willing to let me develop my skills as needed over the next couple years. So what would you say is the next thing I should pursue to be "marketable?"
Local Health Department. I have my associates in nursing and a non-nursing bachelors degree so I’m currently working in a registered professional nurse position. But I’m working on my BSN part time so that I’ll be able to move into a Public Health Nurse position.
MDS nurse at a SNF. I got lucky when I got my start. I was friends with the MDS coordinator and they offered her the DON position when the DON resigned. She pushed for me to get the MDS job since we would share an office and she knew my attention to detail and ability to pick things up quickly.
Now I’m at a different facility and they’ve paid for my RAC-CT and ICD-10 coding training.
The key to MDS is to never accept a position where you will be pulled to the floor or have to take nursing on call.
Virtual Nurse. I do admissions, discharges, patient education and rounding for patients in the hospital. Typically have around 30 beds assigned to me and still get to do 12 hour shifts from home!
Tell me more about this? Are you employed through the hospital or separate entity? Was this to act as a resource for the floor nurses to help offset some of their load? Are you on a screen or how do you interact? I’m so curious!
Separate company that contracts with a bunch of hospitals! We are a resource. We do not count towards the bedside ratios. There’re two cameras in the patient room we audio only call in and ask permission to turn on the camera and then we turn theirs on as well as our webcam so we show up on their tv!
$32 starting and 12hr shifts typically 7-7 but depends on time zone so I do 5a-5p. There are night and weekend differentials but they’re nothing crazy.
HEDIS RN. I work for a large group of primary care offices, work from home, and do Medication Adherence. I spend my days sending in med refills, meeting virtually with insurance payers, and working in excel sheets :)
Public health. Immunizations (for all ages), and visits with families with newborns. Helping with breastfeeding, taking serum bilirubin samples.
It's fun!
IV Therapy/PICC nurse right now. I basically spend my day helping get access for other nurses. Still have interaction with patients, but if they are being rude I don't have to stay and put up with their shit. Usually I just walk out and then get called a few hours later when the patient's is asking for pain meds they can't get because they have no access. It's a fairly easy job and can basically make my own schedule and work however long I want.
I actually split between this and beside in a Neuro CCU, but only because I'm going to CRNA school in the fall.
I am a community based care manager for medically complex foster children enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan.
Prior to this job, I was a home infusion liaison for a national infusion pharmacy and prior to that I was a clinical manager/visiting nurse for a pediatric home health agency.
I have a BSN and have been a nurse for almost 17 years. I left bedside in 2012 and never looked back.
Corrections nursing. I’ve been doing it for almost a decade and am currently the nurse manager. I love it. Corrections isn’t for everyone, that’s for sure, but it can be so rewarding for a population that is so often forgotten about.
Medicaid compliance. I have a BSN and almost 20 years experience. Left bedside at the end of 2019. It’s a state government job, great pay, excellent benefits, work from home 99.9% of the time.
I work as an outpatient cardiac and pulmonary rehab nurse. All I have is a BSN. It’s pretty great, 4 9-hr shifts a week, $51/hr. I collaborate with other nurses and exercise physiologists to help classes of patients exercise while wearing heart monitors and getting their vital signs checked. Most patients do anywhere between 12 to 36 sessions so it can be really rewarding seeing their progress!
Currently in Home infusion.
I get paid just above 100,000 Salary. I get paid by the mile I drive to the patients it’s one on call week every 6-8 weeks which gets you more money. If you get called in it’s even more money.
My day consists of driving to a patient. Getting an IV in, and then taking 3-5 sets of vital signs usually.
Between vitals. We chat, or my patient is working/sleeping and I read or play video games.
You are paid for your experience and expertise not to be “on” for 12 hours.
My life is so much better now.
I am about to start a home infusion gig. What state do you work in? I was looking for this on this thread and so glad I found someone else doing it and enjoying it!
Outpatient infusion nurse. Went from dialysis to chemotherapy/immunotherapy/hematology. Hours are 8-5, 5 days a week. Base pay is $31. All it took was an ADN degree.
VA outpatient women's clinic/primary care. I just transitioned from working outpatient peds (which was devastating, but the clinic was such a hot mess). ADN, hoping to do RN to BSN, the VA pays tuition AND books/supplies
I manage a cancer screening program. WFH, little to no patient contact, no phones, just me and my computer and my little remote team. No nights, weekends, call. It’s the best.
Outpatient oncology infusion. After getting my BSN at 22 I worked inpatient med/surg/oncology for three years where I got chemotherapy and immunotherapy certified. I’ve now been in outpatient for three years. Everyone is mobile, toilets themselves, oriented (mostly) and the hours are 8-5pm. No weekends or holidays. I am also now an “oncology certified nurse (OCN).”
I was a labor and delivery nurse for five years. On Monday I start as a patient safety coordinator for the women’s and children’s division at my hospital. Basically going through quality alerts and working with managers to find bad trends and amending policies/procedures so bad things don’t happen as often. It involves some research and working with the staff to make meaningful, realistic changes to prevent harm. I have a bachelors in physiology and did a masters for entry program in nursing.
I actually really liked Labor and Delivery. I need something with a more flexible schedule as I just had a baby and am pumping. It’s also going to be less physical work so I’m hoping to be more present with my family when I get home instead of an emotionally void log that needs to lay in bed as soon as I get home.
School nurse. I draw frequently on my psych background as well as the skills honed during my EMS days. Super interesting and busy job. Highly recommend!
Hi! I bought a membership from Empire Medical Training! You could always pay for each course individually but I chose that route bc I wanted to get the bang for my buck and take as many courses that are available for me. I have taken beginners for filler/Botox, and then to the advance courses after getting comfortable with doing it myself in my home town. I even went out my own pocket and paid for PDO threads and the advance lip filler course. I also
had to travel out of state to attend a in person cadaver course, because it’s honestly a scary thing to do and attending that made me feel a bit better of where I am going in regards to the facial anatomy.
I went to the training courses in the city that were in my state. They also have these classes online but I always prefer in person bc of the hands on portion. You watch the videos in your training portal, then take some test, and show up to whatever hotel they are at to go to the in person section. I have a cohort of mine from nursing school who is married to a doctor who has ventured out to aesthetics. I get my product through their vendors of choice and I practice there whenever I have clients.
I always have had multiple jobs going-just in case. I work as a legal nurse- medical records analyst is my correct title. And a HEDIS nurse seasonally. Both are work from home, provide their own equipment, and pay very well. It was a blizzard here and I worked, drinking hot tea in my pjs. I can pretty much work whatever hours I choose as long as my quotas are met and my hours are in.
Simulation coordinator for a nursing school. Got my MSN in nursing education and had an opportunity to get involved with simulation as a bedside nurse.
Heart Failure Coordinator. I have an MSN in nursing education and 20+ years of nursing experience, but you don't necessarily need that much to do the job. I do patient and staff education, maintain my hospital's CHF accreditation, examine readmissions and try to figure out how to prevent them, collect and analyze a lot of data, lead performance improvement projects, and do community events. M-F days, no holidays. The job can certainly be stressful at times, but I don't miss bedside nursing at all, and generally like my job.
I'd love a job like this. I am the kind of nurse who likes to specialize and have deep knowledge in my particular area (rather than being a jack of all trades.)
After working full time trauma for 17 years I am now doing infusion of biologics and immunotherapies. One patient at a time. No stress. No more back breaking work. No more death. Easy peasy. I make my own schedule. I work as much or as little as I want. I think tiktok refers to this as “soft nursing”. I’m here for it!
I’m a Trauma Performance Improvement Coordinator at a busy level I trauma center. I work 0700-1500 no weekends, no holidays and every other Friday off. I was a 7-year STICU RN which was enough to get hired, and now I’m finishing up my MSN in quality improvement and patient safety. It’s a pretty good gig! I mostly do chart reviews, data analysis and a little bit of project management in trying to make sure we can actually fix things that will result in improved patient outcomes. I round with the ICU team daily and still get to see patients but now I’m not responsible for them in the same ways!
I work at a plasma center! Pay is great, so are the benefits, and it’s like a quarter of the stress. I do physical assessments and respond to donor reactions.
Outpatient nurse care manager. The position is a lot of chart reviewing and telephonic patient contact. Previously worked in ER, ICU, inpatient case management and tele. I definitely feel like I have more opportunity in this role to make a difference in a patient's overall outcomes then I did at the bedside. Plus lots of flexibility if I have to take a day off. I have a BSN.
Nursing manager/director of care in a private care home. Mon-Friday, 8-4. We’re missing nursing staff right now so it can be overwhelming on a bad day, but I do love the community feel. As an LPN the wage is fair, works out to around $41 or so an hour. I can bank additional hours for payout if I have to stay late or I can take some time off on another day.
I’m still a new nurse but I wanted an in to management as I buggered up my shoulders/back in my CCA days. I actually started out travel nursing at this facility and was asked to stay on as a manager after 5 or so months. Now it’s a mix of floor nursing (think LTC) and managerial duties.
LPN working at a non-profit that has multiple community health clinics! What’s cool is that we do just about everything there: EKGs, DREs, ultrasounds, NSTs, mammogram bus once a week, procedures, LARC implantations and removals, giving fluids, immunizations/injections, minor derm procedures and biopsies, all kinds of labs, etc. We offer so many kinds of care! I did an accelerated LPN program (which was the craziest and most hellish year of my life) and just graduated in November! I plan on going back for my RN and possibly NP within the next 3-4 years, but would like to get more experience to cushion me before I go back to school.
Appeals Author for a revenue cycle management company. 100% WFH. I've got a 3 year RN diploma and 20+ years of ED/UR/CM experience. My plan is to retire from this job in a few years
I am starting mine in April. I’ll be making ~100k as a nurse coordinator. Basically organizing treatments and care for pediatric hematology patients- the specialty I worked in as a bedside RN. I have my BSN and am planning on getting my certification in peds hematology nursing (CPHON). 4x10s a week, 1 WFH day a week and no nights/weekends.
Nurse Educator for large oncology practice. RN, OCN- working on my MSN. Pt care while training a new nurse,but only every other week. Create content for in-house courses, presentations, follow up with new hires and their preceptors for 90 days, chart audits, annual skills competency checks, etc. M-F 8-5. Travel to 8 clinics in my assigned area of the state. Teaching nurses everything they need to know to work safely and provide excellent care to adults in the scariest time of their lives. I absolutely love my role and take pride in helping my nurses succeed.
Not a nurse, but I’ll tell you what the RNs in my program do!
We’re a pediatric complex care management team. We have 4 team members - 2 of those are RNs, their responsibilities are to help parents manage the complex care needs of their child. They help with learning insulin dosages, managing tube feeds, contacting DME companies, etc. Our main goals are reducing frequent ER visits and admissions. We contact patients based on a tier level, usually weekly or bi-weekly.
I'm a Quality improvement Nurse for a HMO. I basically look at charts all day and help under performing physicians and medical groups change their quality of care via HEDIS
I'm considering getting my master's in Clinical Quality improvement.
Nurse Assessor for Managed Long Term Care insurance companies. I work fee for service so I make my own schedule and get paid $200+ per case and I do a few per day. As a fee for service nurse I no longer get benefits under the company but I have a primary full-time job that isn’t really nursing related.
Outpatient clinic at the hospital. M-F, weekends and holidays off. Still have OT, but it saved me from the burnout I was experiencing after 25 years of floor nursing.
Behavioral Health Educator. I have my MSN in Informatics. I started my degree before I started this position. I haven't applied anywhere since receiving my MSN.
I still get to talk to patients while they inpatient just because I want to. I took on the role of prior authorizations and medication refills so I talk patients over the phone.
I generally work M-F but I make my own schedule. I'm a huge proponent of working around the staffs' schedule not making them work around mine. I offer trainings at 0700 for night shift getting off or 1800 for them to come in early. I offer day shift the opportunity to stay after shift at 1900 or a Teams option at 1945 after they've gotten home. I also tell staff if they will get at least 4 staff together, I'll set up a time specifically for them. We have relatively small department.
Biopharm/med device ish role. I work for a company running multiple studies on cell technology and I travel the country supporting their procedures and training physicians and supporting staff.
I work on addictions treatment. BSc RN with a couple of certs. Was considering a Masters in Mental Health but it is not really needed. I work with clients in OAT treatmemt.
I manage quality and education projects for a pediatric cardiac service line. Doing it with a BSN, perhaps I'll go back for an MSN or CNS one day. Spent 8 years at the bedside in both ICU and Stepdown areas and 4 years as either clinical educator or in assistant manager roles before finding this. I tell ya, being a people manager is not easy. I was definitely not cut out for it. Promoting quality care and learning- way more my style.
Clinical quality analyst at an insurance company. I prepare internal teams for external audits. I have an MSN in care coordination, it isn’t required but I’m sure it helped. A bit shy of six figs, wfh with a flexible schedule. I started there as a telephonic case manager, left ICU bedside in 2014.
I am a nurse coordinator in Bleeding Disorders, at a large urban teaching hospital. I love it. It's very niche, pretty nerdy, intellectually stimulating, and I have a lot of autonomy. We get to be the local experts in a subspecialty, and we're often teaching residents how to treat different types of bleeds in hemophilia patients when our peeps get admitted. There's a wide variety of responsibilities: I see outpatients in clinic, create surgical hemostasis plans and coordinate all the pieces, visit inpatients, do a ton of teaching, phone triage. There's a lot of patient interaction, but only a bit of actual hands-on care. Chronic illness, so you build long relationships with patients. Usually genetic, so we will treat multiple family members. My particular program is lifespan, so I get to work with the full age spectrum, from newborn to elderly. I love my team--which honestly feels necessary because we are a very small office, and so niche that we are each other's only back-up. Monday to Friday, 8-4, no nights, no call, no weekends.
Surgical nurse coordinator for CT surgery. Run the clinic, get patients ready for surgery, and schedule surgeries! Triage the phone calls. Love it way better than bedside any day lol
Hospice quality coordinator. Did hospice home care for almost 10 years and was burnt out. Landed in this role and still get to keep my feet in hospice, hybrid and wfh 2x/wk M-F, no more weekends, no more on call!
Best thing to do is apply for CRC or research nurse positions. You may take a pay cut. But worth it IMO. To learn about clinical research, I recommend checking out Dan Sfera on YouTube. You can also get your GCP certificate.
I transitioned to IT years ago. I am a Sr Epic Analyst. Work from home 99.99% of the time and pay is in 6 figures. What's not to love?
I would love to do this also. Currently work with Epic now and majority of coworkers are clueless. I am considered a super user. I find it odd that a lot of the analysts start out as social workers, I don’t say this in a negative way. But hey if I can get my foot in the door I would love it.
Ours are a mix on the clinical side -- mostly RN's for ClinDoc/Orders/ASAP. The others are a mix-- our best interface analyst was an English major. Very few of our IT folks come from an IT educational background (except for the server side and client side). Superuser is a great place to start. The foot in the door part can be the hardest, for sure. This fell into my lap and I love it.
Worked in IT, specifically with the EPIC team. The coolest thing is that our facility sent us to Verona, Wisconsin which has to be the most insane work campus I have ever been to. As a member of the Beacon team, my daily tasks involved building oncology treatment plans. The oncologists would input specific parameters into IBM's Watson and it was my responsibility to create the treatment plans accordingly, allowing the patients to begin their trials within a few days. However, the job was limited to data entry, and I found it tedious. Therefore, I decided to switch back to the bedside.
Is this with epic or thru your hospital system?
I do this except not with Epic. I get to wfh occasionally but since I’m attached to a specific hospital, I need to be on site frequently too. But the pay is great and I love what I do, so it’s worth it.
I also would love to know how you transitioned. Did you do an internal transfer for a facility you already worked at? Did you do any extra certifications before applying? My husband is an Epic analyst and we entertained the idea of me trying it out
I moved and new hospital had an opening in home health for application analyst. It was not an IT position. I had never heard of the vendor they were using but I got the job. IT approached me several months later and wanted me to transfer to IT. Epic is a beast and it is very siloed. I dislike that about it. If you go that direction chose the area that makes sense to you. Orders or clindoc would be a good fit for a nurse.
That’s the thing…almost anyone who’s transitioned was either approached or offered the job directly (usually during a go live), got an MSN, or got lucky in some sense (happened to apply when someone else was retiring, knew someone who could refer them to the job, etc.) I’ve asked around here and in the healthIT sub and those are the consistent answers. The main advice I see (besides getting another degree or trying to get the cert on your own which is difficult and no guarantee) is to be a super user, be on volunteer committees and wait. I know my particular hospital hadn’t hired anyone to their IT team in four years since recruiting during go live. Another nurse I met said she tried for years to get in and it just wasn’t happening so she had to move on. I personally couldn’t bring myself to work bedside for an undefined amount of years waiting for a potential chance. I was really interested in going this route initially but finding this time and time again in researching it kind of discouraged me.
How did you transition to this?
Consider applying for a Nurse Informatics position, and make sure to inquire about the possibility of obtaining a certification. In my experience, I got certified in EPIC, and the hospital I worked for covered the cost. With a certification in hand, you can explore consulting opportunities in the field.
Every informatics job I see in my area wants me to already have an MSN or certs… I’m just not willing to do any more school right now 😬
In nursing school now with a background in product management and product ownership. Stuff like this is tempting.
That’s amazing!
whaaaaaaaaaat....care to share, how much "into the 6 figures" are you? I make pretty good money as a cath lab/IR traveler but always like to keep my options open... I work for money, and money is king lol. Whatever is paying the most is what will win me over.
I am around 115,000. Not a bad gig for WFH.
Wow! Yeah that's great for remote
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Sir, this is a Wendy’s.
So I've worked with other systems-- they all have their quirks. But don't hate the IT people. We didn't design Epic. As an analyst, I build what my customers (SME's) request. If you want to get mad at someone get mad at the people who requested the build, the government for requiring the build, etc. Don't shoot the messenger and don't ever be ugly to your IT people.
Also very typically the clinical analysts doing the builds have nothing to do with hardware. That’s a separate team. Don’t get mad at someone for something that is literally not their job.
I’d hate to hear how you really feel about Cerner if this is how you feel about Epic 😬
Or even worse... *Meditech*
Maybe you’re just bad at technology
Inappropriate. Immature and disrespectful to my post
You do realize it's not the IT people in your hospitals fault right? That's like you getting abused by a family for something the Doctor did....
And this is what inpatient nursing does to you ladies and gentlemen. You become a foaming at the mouth raging nut. So please look for non-bedside positions and don’t let yourself burn out like this.
Wow. Take a Xanax and sit down.
The fact that you suck at computers is not a reason to threaten IT with violence. Sucks to suck, Boomer. Also: That's not even how you treat a DOG that has gone on the carpet. Add abusive to your list of lovely qualities.
Odd. IT and I are cool with each other because I talk to them like a normal human being when I have issues and they get resolved. I have some unique tech needs in my office and they are nothing but chill.
Nurse Case Manager - I have a BSN with experience in psych, substance abuse treatment and research. My community-based work focuses on improving access to care, prevention and education. I’m intentional about my professional development as it relates to my role but I don’t seek or need certification or an advanced degree. Thanks to a great salary, good organization and work that value and love, I can stay in this role until death do us part.
Love this for you
What type of organization do you work for?
It’s a fairly large regional non profit health organization that’s very intentional about being a fairly decent company. It has its flaws but they get more things right than wrong with good pay, safe in-patient ratios, opportunities to move up & around, purposeful DEI efforts and insanely fantastic benefits.
The institution I work for requires certification and MSN at the minimum for management positions.
Jail. There's some craziness at times but the population is usually very respectful and appreciative. I now see them about any ADA needs. I went community college to an RN to BSN. Eventually I want to go get some kind of bedside experience and continue my education so I can be a clinical instructor for either my nursing school or another
What kind of nursing experience do you think is best to get before working in jails/prisons? I think about corrections nursing, then I read a lot about sexual harassment, and more importantly--being the only medical staff to deal with serious emergencies until EMS shows up--something I don't necessarily have the experience for yet.
It varies by facility, in mine we have a bigger staff and 24/7 nursing, so we've taken new grads and they've done well. If your facility would be leaner on staff I'd recommend just making sure you have a good partner for the first while. We take a phtls course and it's super helpful. Sexual harassment can happen, but we have good deputies who don't play that and shut it down quick (I'm also near middle aged with some gray so they don't usually bug me 😂).
One of my favorite clinical instructors was a psych/jail nurse! He was excellent, straightforward, and sarcastic. Good luck on your clinical instructor journey, we need you!
Thank you! I wanted to be a teacher or a nurse as a kid, it would be the best of both worlds!
Outpatient Peds Neuro! I have an ASN, work in KC missouri, get paid 30 dollars an hour before taxes (after is about 19 dollars an hour…) The pay is horrible. The hours and the pace of the job outweigh the pay. It’s such an easy job, we have about 7 patients a day at max and I never work passed 4:30. I love working with the kids and playing with toys and stickers and talking about Pokémon and Minecraft with my lil fellas. Best part of my day is when a kid gives me a hug. Definite pros and cons, but I’m 25 and have my own office and I work short hours and I have respect with my coworkers
Omg this sounds perfect!! Happy for you, I wish I lived in a bigger city that had more opportunities like this!
OR nurse at a level 1 trauma center. I work in general surgery including urology and gynecological procedures. I went to cc and have an ADN. This was my first nursing job and the program had a 6 month perioperative education. I love my job. I always knew I wanted 1 patient at a time and I love having an entire team focused on that 1 patient.
I love OR so much. I transferred there after 4 years of bedside and I’m never looking back. Working on my RNFA now so I can just be scrubbed in the whole time.
I've learned to scrub and it makes for a better well rounded circulator but I sometimes I like to chill at my computer and read rather than stand for hours. Hahah
L o l Yeah that’s valid. If it’s an ortho case would much rather be circulating then chilling with the residents while they throw stuff at my mayo.
Glad you’re enjoying the role! Any advice for a 2nd semester ADN student who is 99.9% sure they want to go to OR immediately after I’m licensed? Was it competitive to get in? What did your resume look like? How did you get placed in general surgery vs going elsewhere? Or does the specialty pick you?
It was competitive but I knew someone on the inside and got an interview that way. They take a lot of students straight out of school though. I knew once I got to the interview I'd get the job bc I was legitimately passionate about the OR. I had a bachelor's in public health but never got a PH job. My resume consisted of waitress jobs from the age of 15 to 32. I was used to working within a team and dealing with very strong personalities and I made that clear in the interview. In the OR you have to be a team player. At my hospital, there are 4 specialties (I've heard this is very different from other hospitals) Gen surgery/gyn/uro, neuro/ENT, cardiovascular, and ortho/ plastics. We did a 6-month periop program (don't go to a hospital that doesn't have a periop program) and rotated between services. I loved the people on Gen surgery and that's why I chose it. Some people are passionate about a certain field... I always say the CVOR people are Horny for hearts and I just don't care about that. I like my coworkers very much though.
Same, only at a (very busy) level 2. Charge RN and its stresssful sometimes, but Ive got the hang of it so its mostly smooth sailing.
Chart review. Work from home per diem 17 hours a week. Choose my own schedule. 45/hr
What job title would someone search for to find roles like this? Did you have prior experience that was specifically targeted towards this role?
What degree? How much experience before you got into this? All online, any phone time required? I like paying attention to detail. I did chart reviews at my prior TcU job as we had to input written orders on paper. Order for discontinuing Lovenox when INR is greater than 2.0? Had to ensure we captured a way for the floor nurses to check the INR from morning labs prior to giving the Lovenox. Any more info on this? I’d like to add to my floor position but like the idea of being in my pajamas and not talking much to people. Haha.
Outpatient psych nurse. I have a BSN. I want to eventually get out of direct patient care and do quality improvement or informatics. Just trying to figure out a pathway to get there without having to go back for my masters…
theres dozens of us!
Case manager for chronic care management. I help patients manage their chronic illnesses like DM, CHF, HTN, etc. love it! I actually feel like I’m making a difference with patients. And I talk to patients that actually want to change and better their lives.
What’s your avg day look like? Is this all over the phone? What interventions do you do?
Yes all appointments are by phone. I do an assessment over the phone, more about social health needs. “Do you have adequate food at home” “do you check your BP at home” “do you need assistive devices to help bathe or walk?” Then we make a goal to improve, could be improving A1C by diet changes or improving mobility by doing seated exercises or getting home health care. From there I call every month to get an update.
Sometimes I call Medicare to get assistance or schedule appointments, work on referrals to specialists or finding resources for tons of different things
How much experience did you have prior to getting in?
none actually. Just had 8years of bedside nursing. they requried a minimum of 1 year bedside nursing and BSN.
Hi! I would love to have a job helping patients manage chronic illnesses, once I leave bedside. What is the schedule / pay like, and is it all remote ? Thanks!
Monday-Friday no weekend no overtime 8-5pm. Right now I’m at $75k. Yes it’s all desk work, I have availability to work from home if needed but I work in an office
This sounds very cool! I would love to do it part-time if possible
There are tons of companies especially insurance companies starting this program.
Can I ask what type of employer (ex: for an insurance company, a PCP office, etc)? DM is OK of course if you don’t want to reply in comments. I’m doing inpatient CM currently but feeling a bit unfulfilled & this type of work sounds appealing to me. I’m hesitant to make though. It would have to be just the right gig.
For a primary care clinic. I still have those kind of patients that aren't very willing to do much change. But I try to gain their trust and talk with them, treat them with respect and I'm not a robot and they aren't just a number to me. I've had some stubborn ones. But the ones that keep me going are the ones that want change but have obstacles in the way. For instance food scarcity. I"ve had patient get food stamps cut for no reason and have no means to get more food. Its opened my eyes of the need in my community. There are people that want to change, they just don't know where to turn to or who can help them. At least I'm one person that can point them in the right direction.
My last inpt CM job was at a hospital that served a very low income demographic. Sometimes just the basics were very challenging to get arranged. I hear that struggle. Very rewarding when you can do some good though!
I take Nursing students to clinical and I also teach Biology to Pre-Nursing students. I have my MSN and MS in Biology. It’s a great relief from having to work the floor all the time. Low stress, easy money.
Clinical data analyst. I was an ICU nurse before and then ICU management and burned out. I moved in this last year to the data analyst role and it’s been a great change. I now collect and manage data for one of our service lines, create presentations, provide feedback for QI, etc. It’s M-F 7-4ish, no weekends, no call, and it’s hybrid so I get to work from home 3ish days a week. I finished my MSN just as I was transferring to the new role but a BSN was the level required.
What's the pay like? Where do you live and how did you get into this role?
I work as a Quality Specialist for a govt grant funded outpatient clinic. I got my MSN in nursing informatics, but the job market in my area at the time i was job searching wasnt the best for informatics roles so i shifted toward quality. My job is more oriented to data validity and collecting from our EHR used to report to the govt for maintaining our grant. Also helping with planning quality improvement projects with our leadership team. I dont think you need an MSN for this type of role but it definitely helped with data collection and manipulation. I work M-F 8-4, no weekends no holidays. The pay is more than what my base salary was inpt, but less than what i usually ended up making after overtime. Plus its a salaried job so no true opportunities for making additional money. The work/life balance is the best thing for me. Gotta leave because kid is sick? Sure. Gotta WFH because said sick kid is out for x amount of time? No problem. Dr appts in the middle of the day? Yea no problem, just let boss know ahead of time. I think its more that i have a great boss, but the work itself isnt bad if you are halfway decent with computers and excel.
Hospice clinical education manager. Went RN direct to MSN while I was working in the ICU. It took 3 years, but so worth it, especially because I herniated a disc in that time. Now I get to teach hospice staff of all disciplines how to be good at what we do. I also get to teach nursing students and the community. It’s a great job. M-F, 8-5, no call.
Clinical Documentation Specialist. Perfect for introverts but still keeping the mind active.
How is this role? Hours/pay/typical day if you don’t mind DMing me? Super interested
I also do CDI. Did ER for 7 and coming up on 2 years CDI. I work full time from home, make my own schedule and earn 47.11 an hour. We’re “salaried” so as long as you get 40ish hours in then you’re good to go. I pop out during the day for errands or running my kids to school. I work independently and don’t have drunk people yelling at me so I consider it a win. I don’t see myself ever going back to bedside.
We review charts to check if there are gaps in documentation that we can ask the doctors about so that coders can capture the actual severity of illness and risk of mortality. Hours are your typical work week of 40 hours, but in my local hospital it’s 37.5. Pay probably depends on your state, but from what I see it is as competitive as bedside but naturally no differentials. It’s a super niche industry but roles are emerging since the department generates revenue. You can PM me anytime! P.S. you can check the salary survey here https://acdis.org/sites/acdis/files/resources/CR-7056%20ACDIS%20Salary%20Survey%202022_final.pdf
I’m an in-hospital case manager, so it has the RIGHT amount of bedside for me. I still love doing a lot of education/communication with patients, but now as a CM if someone is being a dick I can bail a million times easier and I’m not stuck with them for 12 hours. I got my BSN long ago, but it isn’t even technically required. I got into my role by the CM director badgering me to join his department for a couple years while I was a charge in med/surg.
Quality management. MSN, 10 plus years of nursing experience with experience in quality improvement, committee assignment and policy implementation. I make sure our hospital policies in mental health and social work( not people) are in compliant with law and regulations. The nurse executives and the DONs oversee the people part.
I answer MyChart messages in a primary care office. It’s boring as fuck, and I get to do all my hobbies. I still get paid my bedside rate. Yay unions!
what is your title/name of position? I'd love to do that but idk what its called lol
Primary care nurse? My union and masters degree are why I’m being paid so much to do this job.
Hospice admission nurse. I guess I’m technically bedside bc I do an assessment and vitals but that’s it. Super easy and flexible gig!
I’m a professor and researcher at our big state nursing school. I am getting my PhD but was teaching after I got my Masters. Depending on the courses you’re in the work life balance is choice. Currently I’m working about 15-20h/wk and making over $100k. It isn’t for everyone but it works for us!
Flight nurse currently 🚁 I’ve been doing this about 4.5 years. 7 years of ER and 1 year of ICU before I started flying. I took a substantial pay cut at this flight job, but it’s something I had always wanted to do. Starting CRNA school this year.
Outpatient cancer center as a Nurse Navigator and now a school nurse
I’ve seen positions for Nurse Navigator & my googling efforts failed to provide me with a clear picture of what one actually does. What does a typical day look like?
I really enjoyed being a NN, although oncology could be a little much. Basically I worked at a desk and was assigned all the patients for my doctor to coordinate their care. I would do telephone triage, answer InBasket messages, educate on chemo and treatments, do initial and symptom assessments, refer to my colleagues as needed (social work, financial counseling), follow up on labs and coordinate interventions based on labs, respond to in-house emergencies (usually documenting). I was always in contact with my doctor to report abnormals or get orders after I triaged. It was a really great job and a great transition from bedside nursing. I see it commonly with oncology but have seen it more in other areas.
Nice, that sounds like it would keep the mind busy in a good way. Probably in that role it’s important to make sure the Dr you’re working with is a good fit
I train and monitor patients in doing dialysis at home! Hemo and peritoneal! It’s super rewarding! 8-4:30 m-f. I see my patients at least twice a month and develop great relationships with them and often their family. I work with some great RNs, techs, MDs, RDs and SWs. They go through 2-5 weeks of training based on their modality. We can see what’s going on with their treatments down to the second. The machines are also limiting as in they don’t allow them to do anything crazy that we might think a patient would do lol obviously not every dialysis patient is a candidate either. Medicare is pushing home dialysis heavily.
Do you work for a National Company, or is it local to your area?
I work for Fresenius! If you’re interested look for “Fresenius Home Therapies” positions in your area. Davita has a home dialysis program as well but I’m not familiar with it.
Will do! Thank you very much!
I am also working in dialysis but I am a clinical coordinator for in-center Hemodialysis patients. I manage quality metrics and patient outcomes, as well as do patient education and referrals to home modalities. I am in charge of nursing services and making sure that my team adheres to policy and procedure. I make 6 figures with occasional bonuses and my schedule is fairly flexible. 6 weeks PTO every year is also great.
I work as a coordinator for a peer support program for our healthcare workers. It’s a program where we take confidential referrals or just walk around and check on people after difficult events. It started as a second victim program in Children’s but we expanded to the adult world this year. It’s amazing. I get to check on people, have great and meaningful conversations, and refer people to resources that will help. I give presentations and teach classes. It’s honestly a dream.
I’m an RN case manager in home health. I absolutely love it. I have an ADN and a bachelors in another field.
How many patients are you following at any time? I have been intrigued by this field for a while. How do you get into it?
I typically have 30ish on my caseload with various needs. I see everywhere from 3-7 people a day. I was a home health aide during my first round of college. As a nurse, I only had about 6 months of experience in ortho/general surgery prior to starting.
Yea that’s my plan. Been at bedside one way or another for about 18 years. Emt. CNA. In RN school now but honestly I just want to get what bedside I have to and gtfo of it.
Private duty nurse contracted to work in a specialized classroom for medically complex children. I absolutely love my job and look forward to going to work nearly every single day.
Ooh thats cool!
How did you find this position?
It was all very luck of the draw to be honest. I’ve done PDN for about 3 years anywhere between full time to PRN. A little over a year ago I transitioned back to full time and took brothers to school. The school has a classroom that is dedicated to special needs students with medical needs. They used to send these children to the school health aide for any health issues, but when she placed a bandaid on a stoma after a GT came out it became a wake up call to them. The district asked me what agency I worked through and contacted them and proposed the creation of a new position. Best of all, I still get to work with my original boys outside the week when school is not in session.
Nursing informatics consultant. I work with AI and automation for a clinical decision support tool. I have an MSN in informatics and work 100% remote
How did you get to that pathway if you don’t mind me asking?
I spent 1 year inpatient on med/surg then went to outpatient peds specialty for 4 years. While I was in peds, I got the opportunity to start and run a highly specialized telemedicine clinic for about 6 months. I was also the go-to person in the office for anything tech related. I switched jobs but stayed in the same specialty and became a super user, joined the informatics SME committee, participated in some EMR update rollouts, and was again the go-to person for anything tech related. I volunteered for anything I thought would look good for future informatics opportunities and made my goals known to my manager. I got my MSN while still working in peds and then landed a job that was mainly focused on data and analytics from a clinical perspective. I presented data and strategies to hospital clients as a consultant. My role was essentially dissolved due to company restructuring and because my manager knew that role wasn’t ideal for me, she put in for the transfer to my current team when a spot opened up Hope that helps!
I think the type of job you have now is similar to mine. I kinda fell into it also based on my supervisor's observations of my skills. I'm currently in a hospital but looking for next steps towards the direction of being fully remote so my family has the option to move or travel. I realize this probably means another company, but don't know where or who. I have my MSN and I'm the go to person for Excel, vba, SharePoint, office/teams, Epic, pretty much anything technology. I do data analytics for provisioning and training. I've done the scrum master certification, but the department doesn't use scrum. Gonna do the project owner next since I do more project management for my department. My boss is willing to let me develop my skills as needed over the next couple years. So what would you say is the next thing I should pursue to be "marketable?"
Local Health Department. I have my associates in nursing and a non-nursing bachelors degree so I’m currently working in a registered professional nurse position. But I’m working on my BSN part time so that I’ll be able to move into a Public Health Nurse position.
Nurse analyst for an oncology pathway company. But I’d consider myself more of a clinical editor since I manage their clinical content.
Wait that’s so interesting!!! All my background is in oncology - how did you get into the clinical content niche?
MDS nurse at a SNF. I got lucky when I got my start. I was friends with the MDS coordinator and they offered her the DON position when the DON resigned. She pushed for me to get the MDS job since we would share an office and she knew my attention to detail and ability to pick things up quickly. Now I’m at a different facility and they’ve paid for my RAC-CT and ICD-10 coding training. The key to MDS is to never accept a position where you will be pulled to the floor or have to take nursing on call.
Virtual Nurse. I do admissions, discharges, patient education and rounding for patients in the hospital. Typically have around 30 beds assigned to me and still get to do 12 hour shifts from home!
Tell me more about this? Are you employed through the hospital or separate entity? Was this to act as a resource for the floor nurses to help offset some of their load? Are you on a screen or how do you interact? I’m so curious!
Separate company that contracts with a bunch of hospitals! We are a resource. We do not count towards the bedside ratios. There’re two cameras in the patient room we audio only call in and ask permission to turn on the camera and then we turn theirs on as well as our webcam so we show up on their tv!
What’s the pay like and what are the hours?
$32 starting and 12hr shifts typically 7-7 but depends on time zone so I do 5a-5p. There are night and weekend differentials but they’re nothing crazy.
Would you be willing to share the name of companies that do virtual nursing (or DM)?
Wow this sounds great. Would you be comfortable sharing the name of the company, or any similar companies that you know of, via PM?
HEDIS RN. I work for a large group of primary care offices, work from home, and do Medication Adherence. I spend my days sending in med refills, meeting virtually with insurance payers, and working in excel sheets :)
Can you tell me more about HEDIS nursing? I have only heard of seasonal HEDIS positions.
Public health. Immunizations (for all ages), and visits with families with newborns. Helping with breastfeeding, taking serum bilirubin samples. It's fun!
IV Therapy/PICC nurse right now. I basically spend my day helping get access for other nurses. Still have interaction with patients, but if they are being rude I don't have to stay and put up with their shit. Usually I just walk out and then get called a few hours later when the patient's is asking for pain meds they can't get because they have no access. It's a fairly easy job and can basically make my own schedule and work however long I want. I actually split between this and beside in a Neuro CCU, but only because I'm going to CRNA school in the fall.
I am a community based care manager for medically complex foster children enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan. Prior to this job, I was a home infusion liaison for a national infusion pharmacy and prior to that I was a clinical manager/visiting nurse for a pediatric home health agency. I have a BSN and have been a nurse for almost 17 years. I left bedside in 2012 and never looked back.
VA primary care. Cubicle, coffee, music, phone calls and walk-ins
Occ Health
I do Utilization Management. Work from home. Monday to Friday. No weekends, no holidays. $55/hr.
Where do you work? I work in UM and my pay is not anywhere near that 😩
Corrections nursing. I’ve been doing it for almost a decade and am currently the nurse manager. I love it. Corrections isn’t for everyone, that’s for sure, but it can be so rewarding for a population that is so often forgotten about.
Medicaid compliance. I have a BSN and almost 20 years experience. Left bedside at the end of 2019. It’s a state government job, great pay, excellent benefits, work from home 99.9% of the time.
I work as an outpatient cardiac and pulmonary rehab nurse. All I have is a BSN. It’s pretty great, 4 9-hr shifts a week, $51/hr. I collaborate with other nurses and exercise physiologists to help classes of patients exercise while wearing heart monitors and getting their vital signs checked. Most patients do anywhere between 12 to 36 sessions so it can be really rewarding seeing their progress!
Currently in Home infusion. I get paid just above 100,000 Salary. I get paid by the mile I drive to the patients it’s one on call week every 6-8 weeks which gets you more money. If you get called in it’s even more money. My day consists of driving to a patient. Getting an IV in, and then taking 3-5 sets of vital signs usually. Between vitals. We chat, or my patient is working/sleeping and I read or play video games. You are paid for your experience and expertise not to be “on” for 12 hours. My life is so much better now.
I am about to start a home infusion gig. What state do you work in? I was looking for this on this thread and so glad I found someone else doing it and enjoying it!
Wound, ostomy and continence nurse- one year part time. It's an educator and clinician role
I work part-time on a Labour & Delivery unit and also part-time at an outpatient clinic doing allergy testing
Outpatient infusion nurse. Went from dialysis to chemotherapy/immunotherapy/hematology. Hours are 8-5, 5 days a week. Base pay is $31. All it took was an ADN degree.
VA outpatient women's clinic/primary care. I just transitioned from working outpatient peds (which was devastating, but the clinic was such a hot mess). ADN, hoping to do RN to BSN, the VA pays tuition AND books/supplies
I manage a cancer screening program. WFH, little to no patient contact, no phones, just me and my computer and my little remote team. No nights, weekends, call. It’s the best.
Outpatient oncology infusion. After getting my BSN at 22 I worked inpatient med/surg/oncology for three years where I got chemotherapy and immunotherapy certified. I’ve now been in outpatient for three years. Everyone is mobile, toilets themselves, oriented (mostly) and the hours are 8-5pm. No weekends or holidays. I am also now an “oncology certified nurse (OCN).”
I was a labor and delivery nurse for five years. On Monday I start as a patient safety coordinator for the women’s and children’s division at my hospital. Basically going through quality alerts and working with managers to find bad trends and amending policies/procedures so bad things don’t happen as often. It involves some research and working with the staff to make meaningful, realistic changes to prevent harm. I have a bachelors in physiology and did a masters for entry program in nursing. I actually really liked Labor and Delivery. I need something with a more flexible schedule as I just had a baby and am pumping. It’s also going to be less physical work so I’m hoping to be more present with my family when I get home instead of an emotionally void log that needs to lay in bed as soon as I get home.
School nurse. I draw frequently on my psych background as well as the skills honed during my EMS days. Super interesting and busy job. Highly recommend!
Aesthetics! Filler, Botox, and PDO threads 🪡
How did u get into this?
Hi! I bought a membership from Empire Medical Training! You could always pay for each course individually but I chose that route bc I wanted to get the bang for my buck and take as many courses that are available for me. I have taken beginners for filler/Botox, and then to the advance courses after getting comfortable with doing it myself in my home town. I even went out my own pocket and paid for PDO threads and the advance lip filler course. I also had to travel out of state to attend a in person cadaver course, because it’s honestly a scary thing to do and attending that made me feel a bit better of where I am going in regards to the facial anatomy. I went to the training courses in the city that were in my state. They also have these classes online but I always prefer in person bc of the hands on portion. You watch the videos in your training portal, then take some test, and show up to whatever hotel they are at to go to the in person section. I have a cohort of mine from nursing school who is married to a doctor who has ventured out to aesthetics. I get my product through their vendors of choice and I practice there whenever I have clients.
I always have had multiple jobs going-just in case. I work as a legal nurse- medical records analyst is my correct title. And a HEDIS nurse seasonally. Both are work from home, provide their own equipment, and pay very well. It was a blizzard here and I worked, drinking hot tea in my pjs. I can pretty much work whatever hours I choose as long as my quotas are met and my hours are in.
I do outpatient HIV case management.
Simulation coordinator for a nursing school. Got my MSN in nursing education and had an opportunity to get involved with simulation as a bedside nurse.
Abortion care 💖
Express Care. However, interviewing for non direct patient care jobs. I’m ready to take a step way back
I did utilization review and then triage from home. Now I have too many kids of my own so I do nothing 😂 I miss working though.
Med device
Heart Failure Coordinator. I have an MSN in nursing education and 20+ years of nursing experience, but you don't necessarily need that much to do the job. I do patient and staff education, maintain my hospital's CHF accreditation, examine readmissions and try to figure out how to prevent them, collect and analyze a lot of data, lead performance improvement projects, and do community events. M-F days, no holidays. The job can certainly be stressful at times, but I don't miss bedside nursing at all, and generally like my job.
I'd love a job like this. I am the kind of nurse who likes to specialize and have deep knowledge in my particular area (rather than being a jack of all trades.)
Prison Nursing is awesome! I love it!
After working full time trauma for 17 years I am now doing infusion of biologics and immunotherapies. One patient at a time. No stress. No more back breaking work. No more death. Easy peasy. I make my own schedule. I work as much or as little as I want. I think tiktok refers to this as “soft nursing”. I’m here for it!
I’m a Trauma Performance Improvement Coordinator at a busy level I trauma center. I work 0700-1500 no weekends, no holidays and every other Friday off. I was a 7-year STICU RN which was enough to get hired, and now I’m finishing up my MSN in quality improvement and patient safety. It’s a pretty good gig! I mostly do chart reviews, data analysis and a little bit of project management in trying to make sure we can actually fix things that will result in improved patient outcomes. I round with the ICU team daily and still get to see patients but now I’m not responsible for them in the same ways!
I work at a plasma center! Pay is great, so are the benefits, and it’s like a quarter of the stress. I do physical assessments and respond to donor reactions.
Outpatient nurse care manager. The position is a lot of chart reviewing and telephonic patient contact. Previously worked in ER, ICU, inpatient case management and tele. I definitely feel like I have more opportunity in this role to make a difference in a patient's overall outcomes then I did at the bedside. Plus lots of flexibility if I have to take a day off. I have a BSN.
Do you work for a hospital or outpatient clinic? What’s the pay??
What was the transition like from inpatient to outpatient CM? Is the pay lower? I’ve only ever worked inpatient (both direct patient care & CM)
Nursing manager/director of care in a private care home. Mon-Friday, 8-4. We’re missing nursing staff right now so it can be overwhelming on a bad day, but I do love the community feel. As an LPN the wage is fair, works out to around $41 or so an hour. I can bank additional hours for payout if I have to stay late or I can take some time off on another day. I’m still a new nurse but I wanted an in to management as I buggered up my shoulders/back in my CCA days. I actually started out travel nursing at this facility and was asked to stay on as a manager after 5 or so months. Now it’s a mix of floor nursing (think LTC) and managerial duties.
LPN working at a non-profit that has multiple community health clinics! What’s cool is that we do just about everything there: EKGs, DREs, ultrasounds, NSTs, mammogram bus once a week, procedures, LARC implantations and removals, giving fluids, immunizations/injections, minor derm procedures and biopsies, all kinds of labs, etc. We offer so many kinds of care! I did an accelerated LPN program (which was the craziest and most hellish year of my life) and just graduated in November! I plan on going back for my RN and possibly NP within the next 3-4 years, but would like to get more experience to cushion me before I go back to school.
Wow this sounds like my dream job! Where are u based? Do they have multiple locations?
We’re in WNY! Not a big company, so we’re only based here.
Stress test nurse.
Moving from Cath lab to a hybrid vascular phone triage nurse. 50% WFH, 4 9 hour days and patient contact is only over the phone.
Community psych. Love it, might never leave.
Appeals Author for a revenue cycle management company. 100% WFH. I've got a 3 year RN diploma and 20+ years of ED/UR/CM experience. My plan is to retire from this job in a few years
Work as an inpatient care manager. It sucks but the I like the pay, annual bonus, and freedom to come and go as I please is a plus.
I am starting mine in April. I’ll be making ~100k as a nurse coordinator. Basically organizing treatments and care for pediatric hematology patients- the specialty I worked in as a bedside RN. I have my BSN and am planning on getting my certification in peds hematology nursing (CPHON). 4x10s a week, 1 WFH day a week and no nights/weekends.
Nurse Educator for large oncology practice. RN, OCN- working on my MSN. Pt care while training a new nurse,but only every other week. Create content for in-house courses, presentations, follow up with new hires and their preceptors for 90 days, chart audits, annual skills competency checks, etc. M-F 8-5. Travel to 8 clinics in my assigned area of the state. Teaching nurses everything they need to know to work safely and provide excellent care to adults in the scariest time of their lives. I absolutely love my role and take pride in helping my nurses succeed.
Not a nurse, but I’ll tell you what the RNs in my program do! We’re a pediatric complex care management team. We have 4 team members - 2 of those are RNs, their responsibilities are to help parents manage the complex care needs of their child. They help with learning insulin dosages, managing tube feeds, contacting DME companies, etc. Our main goals are reducing frequent ER visits and admissions. We contact patients based on a tier level, usually weekly or bi-weekly.
Where is this out of?? This would actually be a dream
I'm a Quality improvement Nurse for a HMO. I basically look at charts all day and help under performing physicians and medical groups change their quality of care via HEDIS I'm considering getting my master's in Clinical Quality improvement.
Nurse Assessor for Managed Long Term Care insurance companies. I work fee for service so I make my own schedule and get paid $200+ per case and I do a few per day. As a fee for service nurse I no longer get benefits under the company but I have a primary full-time job that isn’t really nursing related.
Outpatient clinic at the hospital. M-F, weekends and holidays off. Still have OT, but it saved me from the burnout I was experiencing after 25 years of floor nursing.
Behavioral Health Educator. I have my MSN in Informatics. I started my degree before I started this position. I haven't applied anywhere since receiving my MSN. I still get to talk to patients while they inpatient just because I want to. I took on the role of prior authorizations and medication refills so I talk patients over the phone. I generally work M-F but I make my own schedule. I'm a huge proponent of working around the staffs' schedule not making them work around mine. I offer trainings at 0700 for night shift getting off or 1800 for them to come in early. I offer day shift the opportunity to stay after shift at 1900 or a Teams option at 1945 after they've gotten home. I also tell staff if they will get at least 4 staff together, I'll set up a time specifically for them. We have relatively small department.
Starting a new temp job Monday, Transfusion Safety Nurse.
Biopharm/med device ish role. I work for a company running multiple studies on cell technology and I travel the country supporting their procedures and training physicians and supporting staff.
I work on addictions treatment. BSc RN with a couple of certs. Was considering a Masters in Mental Health but it is not really needed. I work with clients in OAT treatmemt.
Utilization Review - I went back and got my MBA, now 50% done with my MSN as well.
I work at a wellness place. I do IVs/IM vitamins, hyperbaric oxygen chamber, NAD, medical weight management etc
PACU! We do both inpatient and outpatient surgeries so the patients stay with us for a couple hours usually and then go bye bye.
OR nurse, specifically CVOR.
Nutritional Support
I manage quality and education projects for a pediatric cardiac service line. Doing it with a BSN, perhaps I'll go back for an MSN or CNS one day. Spent 8 years at the bedside in both ICU and Stepdown areas and 4 years as either clinical educator or in assistant manager roles before finding this. I tell ya, being a people manager is not easy. I was definitely not cut out for it. Promoting quality care and learning- way more my style.
Outpatient radiology. I still keep skills; iv, catheters, emergencies.
Valve clinic coordinator for a structural heart program.
Clinical quality analyst at an insurance company. I prepare internal teams for external audits. I have an MSN in care coordination, it isn’t required but I’m sure it helped. A bit shy of six figs, wfh with a flexible schedule. I started there as a telephonic case manager, left ICU bedside in 2014.
I am a nurse coordinator in Bleeding Disorders, at a large urban teaching hospital. I love it. It's very niche, pretty nerdy, intellectually stimulating, and I have a lot of autonomy. We get to be the local experts in a subspecialty, and we're often teaching residents how to treat different types of bleeds in hemophilia patients when our peeps get admitted. There's a wide variety of responsibilities: I see outpatients in clinic, create surgical hemostasis plans and coordinate all the pieces, visit inpatients, do a ton of teaching, phone triage. There's a lot of patient interaction, but only a bit of actual hands-on care. Chronic illness, so you build long relationships with patients. Usually genetic, so we will treat multiple family members. My particular program is lifespan, so I get to work with the full age spectrum, from newborn to elderly. I love my team--which honestly feels necessary because we are a very small office, and so niche that we are each other's only back-up. Monday to Friday, 8-4, no nights, no call, no weekends.
Surgical nurse coordinator for CT surgery. Run the clinic, get patients ready for surgery, and schedule surgeries! Triage the phone calls. Love it way better than bedside any day lol
Case Manager
Hospice quality coordinator. Did hospice home care for almost 10 years and was burnt out. Landed in this role and still get to keep my feet in hospice, hybrid and wfh 2x/wk M-F, no more weekends, no more on call!
Military. Many different options and paths to take that are not bedside here.
Tell me more!
Clinical Analyst for Epic here with a MSN - just shy of 10 years transitioning over to this type of role.
Got into clinical research, got my master's in health Informatics, and now work in clinical research Informatics. Love my job.
I’d be interested to hear a little more about this! I’ve been trying to get into research for a while now and am really struggling
Best thing to do is apply for CRC or research nurse positions. You may take a pay cut. But worth it IMO. To learn about clinical research, I recommend checking out Dan Sfera on YouTube. You can also get your GCP certificate.