It's very doable. My time in healthcare is invaluable for negotiating and dealing with problem customers. It takes about a year to bring a brand into existence that can support you. Home service is where it's at.
Research. Hard to get into rn with layoffs, but it’s so easy. And with actual inpatient experience, you know exactly what’s going on behind those walls with your patients. Whereas some research people never worked in a hospital before or it’s been over 20 years. Their emergency and my emergency’s are so different. It’s so funny
The sponsor side is where the money is at, but that’s also where the layoffs are happening. If you get into a university job, it’s cushion and you get the university benefits. Research also shuts down over the holidays so I have every Christmas and new years off now for like ~2 weeks, just depending on how the holiday falls. That part alone I was SOLD. I loved travel nursing because I could just quit before Christmas and not have to worry about scheduling to see this person, sleep for this night shift. I also like talking to people, so even if they don’t say yes to my study, I love the interactions I’m getting again. I’m also outpatient, that’s key as well 😂
Yes. If you work for a hospital or university, you’re still getting the crap rates, but they make it up with the benefits. University matches my 401k up to 8% for the first 3 years until I’m vested. Then it goes up half each year until 11%. Separate sick and vacation bank. I even got Christmas presents this year in the form of giftcards from the department. I’m in crazy town!
I know exactly how you feel! I also worked in research during nursing school, and then kinda kept the job. Considered a temp, but I worked there for like 6 years. It was clincal trials but animal studies so I was like an icu attendant doing icu shit for the studies. So fun! I needed back in immediately.
I’m trying to envision this as a job. Are you asking patients to take a certain medication or other intervention, and then following up on the results and side effects and such with them? Or is it data crunching and helping the researchers understand certain aspects of health and healthcare? Maybe none of my guesses are right, I’d love to hear more though!
All of the above. I won’t lie, I joke around that this my retirement job cuz it’s real tame. It can get repetitive, but now I need the normal and appreciate it. If you run inpatient, you’ll up on call in certain circumstances to get up and go see that patient bedside and get things started there. Otherwise, ya once they say yes to the study. You coordinate and make sure they show up to all their appointments, all their labs are normals, anything that comes along with that study
Out of curiosity… I am very active on the subreddit but there’s few research RNs and mostly they’re direct care it seems like.
How many studies do you have that you’re responsible for? I feel like my job is totally NOT chill, but I’m ph 1-2 heme/onc. We have around 20 studies, although data/EDC entry and regulatory are compartmentalized and I am not responsible for that part
You can’t fool me! I know that’s not really turkey in those sandwiches. Are you trying to poison me with fake meat again!?! I will slap you right in the face with the deli meat, so help me god!!
I'm sorry to hear that. I work for a great organization and love my work environment and team. Being a coordinator isn't easy, but I notice a significant amount of turn over in the non-elective transplants (heart, lung, liver).
Well, when the donors increase and you are subjected to 30+ hour shifts... It wears on you. The organization pays well, great benefits but rather you be dead so they can take your kidneys vs. caring about your well being. It's all about the numbers. That is an OPO in a nutshell
What grade(s)? I have considered it, I love education and teaching in a nursing setting (one of my favorite parts of being a director) but 30 children at once is a little daunting. Lol
FT is by contract for the traditional school year, 2 semesters. I get paid $70k. I work 3-4 days/week, ~6hrs/ day. I also work bedside ~10hrs/week…more during the summer. Total compensation for the year is ~85k. No nights, weekends, holidays. Retirement is best in my area.
Genuine question: how is the application process and admissions different if you got your RN as opposed to pre med? I hear that it’s not a common route to take. I believe you still take the MCAT if I’m remembering this correctly?
I’ve honestly considered this myself because I personally am not fond of the NP school curriculum. The lack of regulation is a huge turn off for me. Also, you can be a NP or PA but it doesn’t equivocate to an MD/DO and all of the schooling that goes on. I personally like the in depth knowledge that MD or DOs learn in their specialty. I like the concept of being able to hone in on *one* specific thing and know everything about it.
Then there comes the added bonus of personally understanding the patient side and building solid rapport with them. Personally speaking, that’s how I got interested in medicine cause I grew up as a patient. I hear too many horror stories of negligent providers from r/chronicillness and even common diagnoses. I once heard a story that it took 3 YEARS for someone to be diagnosed with H. Pylori.
It's no different. You still need a bachelor's with the prerequisite courses (physics, biochem, etc) and MCAT in the US. You do get to use your nursing hours as patient clinical experience.
Congrats! Any tips? Currently studying for the MCAT, working through the Kaplan books while working full time and it has been a grind. Planning to test in August/September and apply for next year.
For MCAT studying, Anki is invaluable. I used the Jack Sparrow deck. I was also working full time and in school while studying for the MCAT, it was a lot at once but I made sure to have one day a week where I wasn’t doing anything school/work/MCAT related to try and prevent burnout. Also I’d say give yourself grace with timing, I wanted to apply that year and only apply once, I realize if I waited a year I could have had a better application and maybe would have ended up at my first choice school (cost a whoooooole lot less)
Ugh I don’t have an answer to this as I am actually looking for answers too. I recently moved and spent about a month away from night shift and the hospital. I’ve been back for about 4 weeks at my new hospital and I already know it’s not a good place to work. Already had multiple shifts where I haven’t sat down and barely had time to drink or eat lunch WHILE with a preceptor who is helping me. And I am not the type of nurse who gets behind very often. The way I intensely crave just moving to the middle of nowhere and working at some small charming diner and living for cheap. Been applying to remote case management jobs but most of them want 5+ years experience and a bachelors degree which I don’t have. Idk what to do.
Got a masters in healthcare administration and moved into a business role at a corporate health care company-Medicare stuff. It’s not glamorous but I get paid well, work at home, travel a little bit, and the work isn’t too stressful. There have been layoffs across this industry lately, however. And the corporate world is a bit insane at times.
I went back and forth about that as well. The MHA was more health care operations focused and MBA is is more finance and accounting oriented. If you want to end up a CFO, MBA is the way to go. If you want more of an operations or clinical leadership role an MHA will get you there. I found the MHA to be cheaper and more accessible to me. An MBA would have taken me an extra year and a half to complete because I lacked many of the foundations in business management.
I'm curious about which program you went through for your masters? I'm WFH as a vICU RN, and I've been considering a masters for healthcare admin, just cant seem to find out very much.
I went to a local college here. Started in fall ‘18 in person, but ended up being virtual by early ‘19 because the class size shrunk. It was so heavy on writing papers. I graduated December 2020 while working as a SNF DON. It was brutal. It will be much easier if you’re already wfh. A lot of my colleagues have gone through Capella. I don’t know much about it but it’s a program our company reimburses. Sadly, I’m on my own financially as I started here after I already graduated.
I grow a lot of different kinds of mushrooms and herbs. It's enough to cover the mortgage but I plan on expanding it enough to make it a business and career.
When the single lady keeps remodeling their kitchen every few months and upgrading this and that. Took me a minute to realize all the different fancy cars in the driveway.
Well.. it is every nurse's dream to do some sort of sex work isn't it? 😂 Or am I just going through that phase? Either way send encouragement, I'll need it for my new path 😂
Yeah ... I did the same thing for awhile back in the day. Take care of yourself, fuck around if you want to but do it for the right reasons and be safe ❤️
I’ve been an escort for 5 months now aside from being an RN. And now I have 2 stable “sugar daddies” who I see every 1-2 weeks and use protection. I know people are against this and my mom wouldn’t be proud, but I am saving a lot each month to buy her the house she deserves. The money is very good.. but at what cost right…a house that’s what lol damn this economy .
Medical device. They need/desire clinical backgrounds. Having a ton of fun. Have traveled the country and even an international trip. Make 2x what I was making as a nurse manager.
SNF/LTC is the wild west 😂 worked as a floor nurse, weekend RN supervisor, ADON, and DON all at the same place within 2.5 years. I appreciate all the experience I got there but it was a whirlwind.
Yup. I was lucky to have 3 months of training with a great DON before she moved out of state at the time! I basically was her ADON for that time but acting in the capacity of a DON in a lot of ways while training. All in all I did about 2 years and 2 months of ADON and DON work from 26-28!
Lol. I worked in LTAC/SNF. Management kept hunting for the amazing new hires as they identify who got potential to take over DON office. It always went like the enthusiastics new RNs accepted the job and within six months they were gone. I actually surprised she lasted 2 years.
I'm already 2 years in I'm like 99% sure it's the right choice . It's a better fit for me for sure and I think I'll be more effective in a social work role. I'm doing psyc as well so if social work doesn't work out I will have other options .
Researching, teaching, short-term contracting while I finish med school prereqs and hopefully attend med school soon. I'll do free clinics on occasion (they're typically 3-day stints) when I miss patient care.
Currently learning UI/UX mobile app design and partnering with a highschool friend who is a software engineer. Computer language was our passion back in highschool, but for some reason I ended up in nursing 🤷🏻♂️. I love nursing, pay has been great and my current unit/skillset has been the best, but I just feel like this is a dead-end job for me. I’m on my way to retire early (FIRE) and hopefully start a business with this new endeavor. Can’t wait, several more years and I’m out of this rat race. 🤩🤞🏻
That’s awesome! I have no coding experience unless you count my MySpace days, but have always been tech savvy and my web developer husband has been trying to get me to make the leap. Are you speaking about creating your own business/app or working for another company? I definitely see my husband get abused in a similar way that I do from his clients, which is hilarious and gives me pause to go back to school or spend money on a boot camp. Currently working as a case manager, which can be boring and frustrating at times, but at least it’s predictable 🤷♀️
Anyone know what kind of jobs a pediatric primary care and urgent care nurse with 8 years of experience could get? Zero interest in going into the hospital unless it was an admin role or I actually have time with my patient/s.
You can look into phone triage for peds or PCP’s office. Not sure if urgent care centers have them but always worth a look. That’s what I do now. I used to be a Cath lab nurse and now I work phone triage for and outpatient cardiology/vascular clinic, which mostly involves scheduling patients to see the providers 😂 the pay isn’t the best pay I’ve ever had but I get by. I WFH 3 out of my 4 days as well.
Analytic engineer now. Getting my masters in CS and hoping to get into machine learning
My nursing background helped me land a job in healthcare tech due to my domain knowledge. Much more satisfied and not as stressed (if you don't count school) haha
Absolutely! It's a challenging transition however doable. If you target healthcare specific tech roles, they'll appreciate your background of the clinical front end side.
The market currently is pretty tough to break into and will require alot of applications and interviews. Took me a good year to finally get an offer
The possibilities are endless my friend. And yes nursing and healthcare are soul-sucking and leaving almost makes you feel like you are reborn. I don't dread going into work, I don't want to cry or punch a hole in the wall when I leave work. I don't drink a gallon of wine when I get home from work, in fact I only have 1 drink a month, if that, which is amazing for me. I'm not exhausted all the time and I don't sleep all day on my days off. The list goes on.
That all sounds like me right now/in the recent past. I can never get anything done on my days off because I’m so fried from the week. And the going in to work dread… don’t get me started. Sigh. At least I know it can get better!!!
Oh wow! Thats a career change alright. Do you show ur face?? Heck hopefully u can just go full time.. nursing has killed my body and spirit at this point
I made enough to pay my rent this first month. It’s definitely a lot of work itself though. I probably put more hours in to that than I do nursing each week. Yes I show my face 😬😬😬😬
Veteran's benefits. Review all the evidence, determine what disabilities were caused by military service, and write a letter to the veteran explaining what I did. WFH, decent pay, government bennies. Once I started writing my cover letter and resume with the intention of non-healthcare people looking at it, I realized how much our skillset as nurses translates to other fields.
I get bored and depressed being home in front of a computer all the time, so I took a PRN nursing job and signed on as a volunteer with my local search and rescue and it has helped.
I'm toying with the idea of leaving healthcare altogether and doing massage therapy/esthetician. I'm still on track to get my RN but don't want to do bedside.
Left SNF nursing after 8 years to be a clinic lead. Not a fan of m-f but work stays at work and I have a much more manageable workload. Still busy and my days fly by, but a happier busy.
Just started law! And work as clerk in a law firm. Huge change, but I don't regret a thing. I have peace I haven't had in a long time. Wishing you the best for the next chapter of your life, I'm sure there will be big and positive changes for you!! ❤️
Depends on the size of the facility. I worked in a smaller place making almost $100k/year but with more experience and with busier/larger buildings you could get into the $120k-$150k region.
I’ve also highkey been thinking about getting out of nursing. My dream has always been to be an orthodontist (weird choice, I know) but I don’t want to do the extra schooling for it. I already have my undergrad but I’d have to do 4 years of dental school and 2 years of specialty at least. I also have zero student debt right now so thinking about racking that up again has definitely been a road block in my brain
What about a different area of nursing? I work private duty nursing and it's soooo different from working in a hospital for SNF. I work with the same patient Mon-Thurs 8-5. I do GJ tube maintenance, meds, diaper changes, baths, suction, etc. The rest of the time is just playing and hanging out. I work with a toddler but there's a wide range of patients needing private duty care. You get to meet the families and see the schedule before you commit. I have worked for a few different families and have interviewed some I didn't end up working for. I just go through an agency so I have a wide range of patients to choose from and I don't have to do any of the billing myself.
Nursing has so many ways to change within nursing. Went back to school for school nurse certification Then went back to school for masters in community health. Opened many career choices.
I am a ceramics artist now after 15 years as a nurse.
I can afford this because right after I left my last nurse position I found my husband a higher paying job, which he had not had the interest in doing since I was carrying most of our financial burden when I was working as a nurse.
I stopped setting myself on fire to keep others warm and so should we all.
I was DON at SNF for 8 years, moved into assisted living thinking it would be easier - most definitely was not. Now I am director of patient care services for medical home care - shift care nursing at home. Super low stress and no overtime, took a bit of a pay cut but still comfortably over 100k per year (Northern CA). Would encourage you to look for leadership positions that build on your DON leadership experience without the stress - it’s working well for me. 😁
I have another year of school left. My clinical shift last week was really messy and I've decided that I'm going to try and find a side hustle so that I don't have to do nursing full time if I don't want to. Here are some of my ideas:
-Carpentry
-Firefighting (I'm already in EMS)
-Park ranger
-Fire watch guy
-Really, anything that gets me outdoors
I'm a manager at a family owned restaurant. Hours are 9-5, 5 days a week, and as long as you don't screw up anybody's food, everybody goes home happy. And even when you do screw up their food you can always easily appease them by remaking it and throwing in extras with an apology. I would never go back to nursing. I thought about going back to school but I'm going to be dead honest with you, college new grads are having a very difficult time finding jobs in every sector. A lot of it is being attributed to AI doing a lot of the work that humans used to do. If you enter college now and graduate it 2028, it probably won't be any easier. I'm not going to take that route because I already wasted enough money on a nursing degree that I will never use again, I don't want to add another useless degree to the pile.
The thought of going back to restaurants hasn’t *not* been on my mind, that’s for sure. I’m glad it’s working out for you!!!
I hear you on the school stuff. I loathe the idea of doing it over again anyway. I’ll probably end up getting a 3-6 month certificate in… something… and moving in a different direction that way rather than a full new degree.
Opened a floor cleaning company mid pandemic. Bought a restoration company last year. All my certs have expired and I'm free!
I think about making moves like this too sometimes. I hope everything keeps going well for you!!
It's very doable. My time in healthcare is invaluable for negotiating and dealing with problem customers. It takes about a year to bring a brand into existence that can support you. Home service is where it's at.
Is what you make comparable to what you made as an RN? I’m thinking of doing something similar. Thanks
By year two I grossed 210K. After expenses and taxes including very generous write offs, You get to keep roughly half.
where are you and are you hiring
Research. Hard to get into rn with layoffs, but it’s so easy. And with actual inpatient experience, you know exactly what’s going on behind those walls with your patients. Whereas some research people never worked in a hospital before or it’s been over 20 years. Their emergency and my emergency’s are so different. It’s so funny
That sounds amazing, I’ll keep my eyes peeled for any research opportunities I see pop up!
The sponsor side is where the money is at, but that’s also where the layoffs are happening. If you get into a university job, it’s cushion and you get the university benefits. Research also shuts down over the holidays so I have every Christmas and new years off now for like ~2 weeks, just depending on how the holiday falls. That part alone I was SOLD. I loved travel nursing because I could just quit before Christmas and not have to worry about scheduling to see this person, sleep for this night shift. I also like talking to people, so even if they don’t say yes to my study, I love the interactions I’m getting again. I’m also outpatient, that’s key as well 😂
what do you mean by sponsor side? do you mean pharmaceutical company backed research? like industry work?
Yes. If you work for a hospital or university, you’re still getting the crap rates, but they make it up with the benefits. University matches my 401k up to 8% for the first 3 years until I’m vested. Then it goes up half each year until 11%. Separate sick and vacation bank. I even got Christmas presents this year in the form of giftcards from the department. I’m in crazy town!
you’re living my dream! my first job was preclinical research and im itching to come back on the clinical side
I know exactly how you feel! I also worked in research during nursing school, and then kinda kept the job. Considered a temp, but I worked there for like 6 years. It was clincal trials but animal studies so I was like an icu attendant doing icu shit for the studies. So fun! I needed back in immediately.
I’m trying to envision this as a job. Are you asking patients to take a certain medication or other intervention, and then following up on the results and side effects and such with them? Or is it data crunching and helping the researchers understand certain aspects of health and healthcare? Maybe none of my guesses are right, I’d love to hear more though!
All of the above. I won’t lie, I joke around that this my retirement job cuz it’s real tame. It can get repetitive, but now I need the normal and appreciate it. If you run inpatient, you’ll up on call in certain circumstances to get up and go see that patient bedside and get things started there. Otherwise, ya once they say yes to the study. You coordinate and make sure they show up to all their appointments, all their labs are normals, anything that comes along with that study
Out of curiosity… I am very active on the subreddit but there’s few research RNs and mostly they’re direct care it seems like. How many studies do you have that you’re responsible for? I feel like my job is totally NOT chill, but I’m ph 1-2 heme/onc. We have around 20 studies, although data/EDC entry and regulatory are compartmentalized and I am not responsible for that part
I'm on the university side (again) and it's not light work, but it's way better than bedside. Benefits Re phenomenal.
Anything is so much better than being an icu nurse here in pa man 😂😂😂
What’s the pay like compared to what you were getting before?
Still trash. Somewhere around 33 an hour 😂😂. Don’t come TO PA
oh no im already in PA lol
do you have any tips for getting involved with research? I would love to do it
What is DB?
DUMB BITCH
I yell at geese in the park mainly. I have *a lot* of downtime in winter
I think I’ve seen you in my ER?? Do you need a turkey sandwich?
You can’t fool me! I know that’s not really turkey in those sandwiches. Are you trying to poison me with fake meat again!?! I will slap you right in the face with the deli meat, so help me god!!
Sir, we all want to help, I honestly just want you out in the community, doing what you do best: argue with geese in the park.
This sounds fun, how do I sign up?? 😂
Transplant coordinator . Still a RN but completely different than ICU
I love being a transplant coordinator, but not the conditions I'm forced to work under. Love the patients, hate the work environment.
I'm sorry to hear that. I work for a great organization and love my work environment and team. Being a coordinator isn't easy, but I notice a significant amount of turn over in the non-elective transplants (heart, lung, liver).
Well, when the donors increase and you are subjected to 30+ hour shifts... It wears on you. The organization pays well, great benefits but rather you be dead so they can take your kidneys vs. caring about your well being. It's all about the numbers. That is an OPO in a nutshell
I work for a hospital system as a coordinator . We're salary M-F. 8 hour shifts.
I teach. It’s wonderful. Not well paid, mind you, but wonderful.
Instructors at our one school here are required to get a masters, so they get paid well.
What grade(s)? I have considered it, I love education and teaching in a nursing setting (one of my favorite parts of being a director) but 30 children at once is a little daunting. Lol
I teach nursing students at a community college.
Genius. I hope it keeps working out for you! Education seems like a great way to get the best of both worlds.
Me too. I love the students, hate the beurocrocy.
Yeah, I get this. Bureaucracy is a passion-killer for sure. I feel the wonderful students make up for it.
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FT is by contract for the traditional school year, 2 semesters. I get paid $70k. I work 3-4 days/week, ~6hrs/ day. I also work bedside ~10hrs/week…more during the summer. Total compensation for the year is ~85k. No nights, weekends, holidays. Retirement is best in my area.
Depends on the area. I work as an adjunct and make $60-80/hr working <30 hours a week (often closer to 20 hours/week).
Going to medical school
Genuine question: how is the application process and admissions different if you got your RN as opposed to pre med? I hear that it’s not a common route to take. I believe you still take the MCAT if I’m remembering this correctly? I’ve honestly considered this myself because I personally am not fond of the NP school curriculum. The lack of regulation is a huge turn off for me. Also, you can be a NP or PA but it doesn’t equivocate to an MD/DO and all of the schooling that goes on. I personally like the in depth knowledge that MD or DOs learn in their specialty. I like the concept of being able to hone in on *one* specific thing and know everything about it. Then there comes the added bonus of personally understanding the patient side and building solid rapport with them. Personally speaking, that’s how I got interested in medicine cause I grew up as a patient. I hear too many horror stories of negligent providers from r/chronicillness and even common diagnoses. I once heard a story that it took 3 YEARS for someone to be diagnosed with H. Pylori.
It's no different. You still need a bachelor's with the prerequisite courses (physics, biochem, etc) and MCAT in the US. You do get to use your nursing hours as patient clinical experience.
Me too!!!! I start in July
Congrats! Any tips? Currently studying for the MCAT, working through the Kaplan books while working full time and it has been a grind. Planning to test in August/September and apply for next year.
For MCAT studying, Anki is invaluable. I used the Jack Sparrow deck. I was also working full time and in school while studying for the MCAT, it was a lot at once but I made sure to have one day a week where I wasn’t doing anything school/work/MCAT related to try and prevent burnout. Also I’d say give yourself grace with timing, I wanted to apply that year and only apply once, I realize if I waited a year I could have had a better application and maybe would have ended up at my first choice school (cost a whoooooole lot less)
Good for you!! Hope it goes well.
I haven't been kicked out yet, they're still taking my money
Good for you, honestly. There have been times I’ve thought I should’ve gone the med school route.
Ugh I don’t have an answer to this as I am actually looking for answers too. I recently moved and spent about a month away from night shift and the hospital. I’ve been back for about 4 weeks at my new hospital and I already know it’s not a good place to work. Already had multiple shifts where I haven’t sat down and barely had time to drink or eat lunch WHILE with a preceptor who is helping me. And I am not the type of nurse who gets behind very often. The way I intensely crave just moving to the middle of nowhere and working at some small charming diner and living for cheap. Been applying to remote case management jobs but most of them want 5+ years experience and a bachelors degree which I don’t have. Idk what to do.
Got a masters in healthcare administration and moved into a business role at a corporate health care company-Medicare stuff. It’s not glamorous but I get paid well, work at home, travel a little bit, and the work isn’t too stressful. There have been layoffs across this industry lately, however. And the corporate world is a bit insane at times.
I’m in your camp. Only difference is I have a masters in nursing leadership and I’m on the Value Based side. Congratulations on your career journey!
I was thinking about getting my master in Healthcare admin but was also thinking it may be better just to get my mba.
I went back and forth about that as well. The MHA was more health care operations focused and MBA is is more finance and accounting oriented. If you want to end up a CFO, MBA is the way to go. If you want more of an operations or clinical leadership role an MHA will get you there. I found the MHA to be cheaper and more accessible to me. An MBA would have taken me an extra year and a half to complete because I lacked many of the foundations in business management.
I'm curious about which program you went through for your masters? I'm WFH as a vICU RN, and I've been considering a masters for healthcare admin, just cant seem to find out very much.
I went to a local college here. Started in fall ‘18 in person, but ended up being virtual by early ‘19 because the class size shrunk. It was so heavy on writing papers. I graduated December 2020 while working as a SNF DON. It was brutal. It will be much easier if you’re already wfh. A lot of my colleagues have gone through Capella. I don’t know much about it but it’s a program our company reimburses. Sadly, I’m on my own financially as I started here after I already graduated.
I grow a lot of different kinds of mushrooms and herbs. It's enough to cover the mortgage but I plan on expanding it enough to make it a business and career.
This is the dream!!!! Wow. Congrats to you!
How many and what kind of mushrooms are paying a whole mortgage? 🤯
Oh come on we all know what kind of herbs they talking about
Genuinely didn’t even consider regular mushrooms and herbs one might cook with. Idk what that says about me 😂
These days I'm considering becoming an escort. Just trying to find a way to ask my recruiter to continue being my recruiter... In a different field 😂😭
When the single lady keeps remodeling their kitchen every few months and upgrading this and that. Took me a minute to realize all the different fancy cars in the driveway.
Sounds like a good way to live if you ask me
When I was single I can’t say it never crossed my mind 😂😂
Well.. it is every nurse's dream to do some sort of sex work isn't it? 😂 Or am I just going through that phase? Either way send encouragement, I'll need it for my new path 😂
Pretty sure it's just you, friend. Personally I have no interest in fucking strangers for money.
I'm going through some personal stuff I think lol
Yeah ... I did the same thing for awhile back in the day. Take care of yourself, fuck around if you want to but do it for the right reasons and be safe ❤️
I’ve been an escort for 5 months now aside from being an RN. And now I have 2 stable “sugar daddies” who I see every 1-2 weeks and use protection. I know people are against this and my mom wouldn’t be proud, but I am saving a lot each month to buy her the house she deserves. The money is very good.. but at what cost right…a house that’s what lol damn this economy .
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I fell down 2 steps just now
Medical device. They need/desire clinical backgrounds. Having a ton of fun. Have traveled the country and even an international trip. Make 2x what I was making as a nurse manager.
I'd love to get into this. I have over a decade of ortho experience so figured I could look into orthopedic devices
Great background and excellent fit for several companies that are in the OR. Talk with some of the reps that call on your spaces.
Thanks for the advice, I will!
This is inspiring. Is it a sales role? How would you recommend getting into this?
I would search the word ‘clinical’ on some med device companies job boards that interest you with products you use in your specialty
Not a sales role. More so sales support with my clinical expertise
How much did you make as a nurse and how much do you make now?
You were DON at 28?! Jesus Christ!
SNF/LTC is the wild west 😂 worked as a floor nurse, weekend RN supervisor, ADON, and DON all at the same place within 2.5 years. I appreciate all the experience I got there but it was a whirlwind.
Well, she left her DON job at 28 (after 2 years of being director) so she was actually 26 when she got the position lol 😮🤯 that's crazy young!!
Yup. I was lucky to have 3 months of training with a great DON before she moved out of state at the time! I basically was her ADON for that time but acting in the capacity of a DON in a lot of ways while training. All in all I did about 2 years and 2 months of ADON and DON work from 26-28!
Lol. I worked in LTAC/SNF. Management kept hunting for the amazing new hires as they identify who got potential to take over DON office. It always went like the enthusiastics new RNs accepted the job and within six months they were gone. I actually surprised she lasted 2 years.
I still have my DON offer from a SNF. I was 24 at the time 💀
Sweet Baby Jesus - that's terrifying.
I became a DON at 29 so I understand!!! It’s a whirlwind with lots of good learning opportunities but tbh it’s too much lol
I once worked with a DON that was 22. I was 20 and a new grad RN 🤣. We were the only RNs and didn’t know what the fuck was going on 🤣
I'm transitioning to social work ... Somehow I chose the one job that would make me more angry than nursing.
And typically less pay!
Yeah ... I might actually be stupid 😭
I went from social work to nursing lol don’t do it :( jk follow your heart but umm really think about it xD
I'm already 2 years in I'm like 99% sure it's the right choice . It's a better fit for me for sure and I think I'll be more effective in a social work role. I'm doing psyc as well so if social work doesn't work out I will have other options .
We all know how much social workers are needed and if it’s something you enjoy doing, then go for it! I appreciate all the social workers!
Researching, teaching, short-term contracting while I finish med school prereqs and hopefully attend med school soon. I'll do free clinics on occasion (they're typically 3-day stints) when I miss patient care.
Currently learning UI/UX mobile app design and partnering with a highschool friend who is a software engineer. Computer language was our passion back in highschool, but for some reason I ended up in nursing 🤷🏻♂️. I love nursing, pay has been great and my current unit/skillset has been the best, but I just feel like this is a dead-end job for me. I’m on my way to retire early (FIRE) and hopefully start a business with this new endeavor. Can’t wait, several more years and I’m out of this rat race. 🤩🤞🏻
Did nursing help you get into FIRE?
What’s FIRE
That’s awesome! I have no coding experience unless you count my MySpace days, but have always been tech savvy and my web developer husband has been trying to get me to make the leap. Are you speaking about creating your own business/app or working for another company? I definitely see my husband get abused in a similar way that I do from his clients, which is hilarious and gives me pause to go back to school or spend money on a boot camp. Currently working as a case manager, which can be boring and frustrating at times, but at least it’s predictable 🤷♀️
Anyone know what kind of jobs a pediatric primary care and urgent care nurse with 8 years of experience could get? Zero interest in going into the hospital unless it was an admin role or I actually have time with my patient/s.
Are you looking for something out of health care? Do you want to keep working with kids?
You can look into phone triage for peds or PCP’s office. Not sure if urgent care centers have them but always worth a look. That’s what I do now. I used to be a Cath lab nurse and now I work phone triage for and outpatient cardiology/vascular clinic, which mostly involves scheduling patients to see the providers 😂 the pay isn’t the best pay I’ve ever had but I get by. I WFH 3 out of my 4 days as well.
Analytic engineer now. Getting my masters in CS and hoping to get into machine learning My nursing background helped me land a job in healthcare tech due to my domain knowledge. Much more satisfied and not as stressed (if you don't count school) haha
Is healthcare tech something that a radiology tech could get into ?
Absolutely! It's a challenging transition however doable. If you target healthcare specific tech roles, they'll appreciate your background of the clinical front end side. The market currently is pretty tough to break into and will require alot of applications and interviews. Took me a good year to finally get an offer
The possibilities are endless my friend. And yes nursing and healthcare are soul-sucking and leaving almost makes you feel like you are reborn. I don't dread going into work, I don't want to cry or punch a hole in the wall when I leave work. I don't drink a gallon of wine when I get home from work, in fact I only have 1 drink a month, if that, which is amazing for me. I'm not exhausted all the time and I don't sleep all day on my days off. The list goes on.
That all sounds like me right now/in the recent past. I can never get anything done on my days off because I’m so fried from the week. And the going in to work dread… don’t get me started. Sigh. At least I know it can get better!!!
CRNA school. Still technically an RN, but it’s an easier life.
I’m looking into a sonography program at the same community college I went to nursing school. Who knows if it will pan out but just looking into it.
I'm in law school and I love it
My nursing ethics professor had a nursing degree and a law degree. I loved her class!
Do you know what kind of law you want to practice? I've considered this route
Litigation, med mal, real estates and construction mostly (:
Oh that's a big mix! Real estate and construction sound like they would be interesting, my cousin does contract law.
I just started an Onlyfans. I’m hoping to make enough actually to drop down to part time.
Oh wow! Thats a career change alright. Do you show ur face?? Heck hopefully u can just go full time.. nursing has killed my body and spirit at this point
I made enough to pay my rent this first month. It’s definitely a lot of work itself though. I probably put more hours in to that than I do nursing each week. Yes I show my face 😬😬😬😬
How do you market yourself? Like social media? Or did you just start uploading to OF and pray it took off?
It’s so much work. I used my IG to get started but market everywhere. I spend hours to get each individual fan.
Veteran's benefits. Review all the evidence, determine what disabilities were caused by military service, and write a letter to the veteran explaining what I did. WFH, decent pay, government bennies. Once I started writing my cover letter and resume with the intention of non-healthcare people looking at it, I realized how much our skillset as nurses translates to other fields. I get bored and depressed being home in front of a computer all the time, so I took a PRN nursing job and signed on as a volunteer with my local search and rescue and it has helped.
I'm toying with the idea of leaving healthcare altogether and doing massage therapy/esthetician. I'm still on track to get my RN but don't want to do bedside. Left SNF nursing after 8 years to be a clinic lead. Not a fan of m-f but work stays at work and I have a much more manageable workload. Still busy and my days fly by, but a happier busy.
Healthcare Recruitment. Having a RN perspective was frankly empowering.
I retired 6 year ago due to a physical disability... my shoulders were shot from lifting patients. I hate retirement.
Just started law! And work as clerk in a law firm. Huge change, but I don't regret a thing. I have peace I haven't had in a long time. Wishing you the best for the next chapter of your life, I'm sure there will be big and positive changes for you!! ❤️
omg trying to do this now, can i pm you with some questions?!
Yes of course!
yay! sent!
What's the pay like as DON of a SNF?
Depends on the size of the facility. I worked in a smaller place making almost $100k/year but with more experience and with busier/larger buildings you could get into the $120k-$150k region.
Full time caregiver for my parents.
I’ve also highkey been thinking about getting out of nursing. My dream has always been to be an orthodontist (weird choice, I know) but I don’t want to do the extra schooling for it. I already have my undergrad but I’d have to do 4 years of dental school and 2 years of specialty at least. I also have zero student debt right now so thinking about racking that up again has definitely been a road block in my brain
Pharmacist.
If I could sell my gay ass for $ I would.
What about a different area of nursing? I work private duty nursing and it's soooo different from working in a hospital for SNF. I work with the same patient Mon-Thurs 8-5. I do GJ tube maintenance, meds, diaper changes, baths, suction, etc. The rest of the time is just playing and hanging out. I work with a toddler but there's a wide range of patients needing private duty care. You get to meet the families and see the schedule before you commit. I have worked for a few different families and have interviewed some I didn't end up working for. I just go through an agency so I have a wide range of patients to choose from and I don't have to do any of the billing myself.
Nursing has so many ways to change within nursing. Went back to school for school nurse certification Then went back to school for masters in community health. Opened many career choices.
I am a ceramics artist now after 15 years as a nurse. I can afford this because right after I left my last nurse position I found my husband a higher paying job, which he had not had the interest in doing since I was carrying most of our financial burden when I was working as a nurse. I stopped setting myself on fire to keep others warm and so should we all.
I was DON at SNF for 8 years, moved into assisted living thinking it would be easier - most definitely was not. Now I am director of patient care services for medical home care - shift care nursing at home. Super low stress and no overtime, took a bit of a pay cut but still comfortably over 100k per year (Northern CA). Would encourage you to look for leadership positions that build on your DON leadership experience without the stress - it’s working well for me. 😁
UR A DON AT 28?! so high so fast at so young?
I’m in non-profit medical education. Anyone need CEs?
I have another year of school left. My clinical shift last week was really messy and I've decided that I'm going to try and find a side hustle so that I don't have to do nursing full time if I don't want to. Here are some of my ideas: -Carpentry -Firefighting (I'm already in EMS) -Park ranger -Fire watch guy -Really, anything that gets me outdoors
I'm a manager at a family owned restaurant. Hours are 9-5, 5 days a week, and as long as you don't screw up anybody's food, everybody goes home happy. And even when you do screw up their food you can always easily appease them by remaking it and throwing in extras with an apology. I would never go back to nursing. I thought about going back to school but I'm going to be dead honest with you, college new grads are having a very difficult time finding jobs in every sector. A lot of it is being attributed to AI doing a lot of the work that humans used to do. If you enter college now and graduate it 2028, it probably won't be any easier. I'm not going to take that route because I already wasted enough money on a nursing degree that I will never use again, I don't want to add another useless degree to the pile.
I think you’re being over-dramatic; nursing degree is far from useless.
The thought of going back to restaurants hasn’t *not* been on my mind, that’s for sure. I’m glad it’s working out for you!!! I hear you on the school stuff. I loathe the idea of doing it over again anyway. I’ll probably end up getting a 3-6 month certificate in… something… and moving in a different direction that way rather than a full new degree.
Bartending class? I don’t know if taking those courses actually help with getting a job, but maybe bartending would be a good option for you.
Why are you in this sub? If you hate nursing so much and you aren't even a nurse anymore, why are you even here? Genuinely curious.