Most easy job in Nursing?

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gr8rnpjt, RN

738 Posts

Specializes in Case Management.

I have been working in managed care for the last 16 years. I have worked for different insurance companies in my area, and I like it a lot. You go home at night at 4:30 pm (start at 8) knowing that nobody was going to die from what you did today and there is some stress, but it is not anything like the hospital stress. I have (all) weekends and holidays off. I have my pick of vacation weeks, never seem to have problems scheduling the weeks I want off. The only reason I have switched companies is to make better money. The health plan I work for now has an actual retirement plan as well as 401k. I can go back for my BSN for free, my company pays 100% reimbursement to the best university in the Pittsburgh area. I currently make just under $27an hour, with yearly raises based on quality control matrices. I work in a cubicle with a pc and desk phone, I take telephonic reviews from hospitals in the area. It is the best job possible from my point of view. I wear nice clothes, summer dresses, suits, etc. (no scrubs!). I highly recommend the managed care field for anyone who wants a change from bedside nursing.

BSNgrad2004

127 Posts

Maybe you could also consider clinical trials/research

RN4NICU, LPN, LVN

1,711 Posts

BSNgrad2004 said:
Maybe you could also consider clinical trials/research

I'm pretty sure you have to have a BSN for research.

Specializes in ICU, Education.

IV therapy as in PICC nurse, or outpatient iv therapy as when pateints come in for OP blood transfusions or dobutrex etc. sounds fairly easy, laid back and interesting. I have never doen thish though and have no info on it, but it sounds like just what you would be looking for.

Doris

michelle95

329 Posts

Specializes in Geriatrics, DD, Peri-op.
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A free standing surgery center. Doing the pre-op nursing. So you stay out of the OR. You don't work weekends or holidays.

I start working on a pre-op floor next Monday. M-F 0500-1330. No major holidays. I'm not particularly thrilled about having to be at work at 0500 in the morning....but, after 13 years of working weekends and holidays...I'll get up and JUST DO IT. :lol2:

From what my new coworkers said....this floor may get stressful at times when the OR wants a patient NOW but generally, it's nothing like a regular floor.

moliuchick, RN

185 Posts

Specializes in OR.
weetziebat said:
I saw the big ad in the paper under the name of our local Managed Care group. No problem being hired with an ADN. The only difficulty I could forsee is they really wanted nurses who had lots of experience dealing with durable medical equipment. Since I'd worked for 5 years with MR/DD clients, I was well aware of all the loops to jump through in order to get the equipment.

But if they need help bad enough, you can always tell them you don't have the actual work experience but are so excited about the possibility of working with them, are a quick learner, and just check out a web site on DME (or whatever area they are looking for - and give a look to ICD-9 codes so you know what they mean) before the interview. Let them know you are good with computers, get along well with everyone, and in general act real perky.:D

That almost sounds like the people who I worked with in my managed care company. I kind of know what ICD-9 is but I have forgotten most of them.

Maybe my old job in the office could help.

What are MR/DD clients? Sorry to be ignorant.

thanks for your informations though.

moliuchick, RN

185 Posts

Specializes in OR.
gr8rnpjt said:
I have been working in managed care for the last 16 years. I have worked for different insurance companies in my area, and I like it a lot. You go home at night at 4:30 pm (start at ? knowing that nobody was going to die from what you did today and there is some stress, but it is not anything like the hospital stress. I have (all) weekends and holidays off. I have my pick of vacation weeks, never seem to have problems scheduling the weeks I want off. The only reason I have switched companies is to make better money. The health plan I work for now has an actual retirement plan as well as 401k. I can go back for my BSN for free, my company pays 100% reimbursement to the best university in the Pittsburgh area. I currently make just under $27an hour, with yearly raises based on quality control matrices. I work in a cubicle with a pc and desk phone, I take telephonic reviews from hospitals in the area. It is the best job possible from my point of view. I wear nice clothes, summer dresses, suits, etc. (no scrubs!). I highly recommend the managed care field for anyone who wants a change from bedside nursing. wave.gif.f76ccbc7287c56e63c3d7e6d800ab6c

You are making JUST under $27 an hour? that's really good money. How did you find the job?

ak47m203

25 Posts

go to any office hours nursing job.

moliuchick said:
I am currently working in the OR and I used to work on the floor. After 3 months of the OR training, I am already sick of the verbal abuse from both surgeons and anethesiologists.

I am wondering what will be the best job in nursing that

1. I don't have to be on call

2. I don't have to work nights

3. I will have regular day shift hours

4. I will get Sat and Sun off

5. I don't have to take care of 7 patients and break my back

6. I don't have to stay 2 hours extra everyday to chart

7. I will feel that I have acomplish something at the end of the day

8. I will not be yelled at by some doctors or surgeons

I feel like I am in the wrong field. What should I do? Do you feel the same as I do? I am depress most of the time and I drag my feet to go to work. I want to call in sick all the time.

:o

moliuchick, RN

185 Posts

Specializes in OR.
michelle95 said:
I start working on a pre-op floor next Monday. M-F 0500-1330. No major holidays. I'm not particularly thrilled about having to be at work at 0500 in the morning....but, after 13 years of working weekends and holidays...I'll get up and JUST DO IT. :lol2:

From what my new coworkers said....this floor may get stressful at times when the OR wants a patient NOW but generally, it's nothing like a regular floor.

I know what you mean. Sometimes when I go to look for my patient at pre-op, the nurses over there get a little stressed out. But I will tell them to take their time because the surgeon is not there yet.

It might be a good switch for me.

smilin_gp

392 Posts

Specializes in Surgical/Telemetry.

MR/DD - Clients with mental retardation/developmental disabilities

mstigerlily

433 Posts

Well I work postpartum and it's pretty nice. Only had one doctor yell at me this whole past year and he later apologized. Our patients are healthy and the only diapers I change are the occasional pad or meconium diaper. I never stay later than 30 minutes after shift. I feel like I helped people, it's a happy job. I don't work extra shifts and am not on call.

HOWEVER, I like working nights. I work every 3rd weekend (at least) and I don't want to work 8 hr shifts, esp days. I hate being there when the hospital is packed and buzzing. That was one of the reasons I chose nursing - the 3 day workday (or worknight as the case may be) There are plenty of office jobs, nearly everyone else in the world is working them. I see those poor office drones on the freeway inching along at 5mph at 7am drinking coffee and listening to the news as I'm blowing by the other way at 60 mph about to go home to my nice warm bed when my house is quiet and kids are in school!

However, if you want the regular 9-5 thing and like OR, you can try the surgery center as someone suggested. That seems like it would be a decent, low stress place to work with regular hours, no weekends/holidays.

Specializes in NICU/Neonatal transport.

I think everyone else has it covered about places to work, but you also might want to think about classes or counselling on how to deal with people like that, or at least how to not let it bother you as much. In my jobs there's always SOMETHING, office politics, a nasty doctor, a b----- nurse, a hostile clerk, whatever. Part of how I deal with it is not letting it get to me. Harder than it sounds, but it might be something to work towards.

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