2nd job?

[Name9335]

Hello everyone! This may be slightly off topic, and admins, feel free to move to a more appropriate sub if necessary....

Alright, currently I am a relatively new grad (it will be a year in June since I got licensed). I gave my story on another thread in the "first year of licensure", needless to say, the last 10 months has not gone AT ALL like I imagined my career was going to go, and right now I am feeling pretty limited in my nursing career options.... for now..... (you can search my username and go and read that story if you want some more background...)

Anyways my current situation is that I am full time at a nursing home (.8 days), making 28 an hour....

My pay is ok... I can pay the bills, ect..... but I am really wanting some extra income..... for reasons explained in my other post, a second nursing job isnt really an option at the moment, and honestly, I think it would be fun to have a side job that doesnt have to do with nursing.

Does anyone work retail on the side and find that they are flexable enough for your nursing schedule? Any other ideas? Not interested in pizza delivery, uber, ect.....

[amoLucia]

I used to think that I'd might enjoy a job working at a nice card shop or florist shop at the mall.

Not a lot of money but I think the aesthetic aspects of the job might be a tradeoff for the low $.

[bitter_betsy, BSN]

I am a server. So many people snub their nose at serving jobs. When you find the right home with the right people, you can make bank. Last week I worked only Sat / Sun and made over $800. Typically I clear at least $150 in a 5 hour shift. That nearly equals nurse pay in most places. Monday night I cleared $225. I can work when I want, I can request off and I can trade with other servers. I just write my availability down and she schedules me accordingly. We have an amazing group. I've worked at other places where I didn't make $150 in a week. If you don't have serving experience, you may have to start as a host/hostess or a food runner, but even our food runners and hostesses are paid $15 an hour. There is typically A LOT of flexibility in serving shifts. You probably already own the shoes for the job too! Feel free to PM me if you have questions.

[Avill, BSN, RN]

Not sure where you live, in my area, home health companies are always looking for nurses to pick up visits. I liked doing it because they paid me per visit and most of the times my visits were about 30 minutes.

[moretonel]

I'm a LTC LPN looking into getting a 2nd part-time job also, still within helthcare, but NOT in LTC.

I like the assessments, wound cares, dressing changes, IV hangs, catheter replacements, hanging G-tube feeds, suture removals, nebulizer treatments, transcribing into MAR and TAR. I don't like having over 30 residents to pass meds to, several with over 5 different meds. I don't like administration calling nurses into the office to be reprimanded for not leaving "on time". I don't like in nurses meeting with the DNS and administrator not given a straight answer on what they want the nurses to do if not finished charting and treatments "on time". I don't like dealing with "behaviors" from those (for whatever reason) who are not fully oriented or confused (with little effect from PRNs).

The rewards of helping barely outweighs the "punishments" for me. Don't get me wrong, I'm not miserable or depressed. I don't hate it, just not thrilled.

I work 3rd shift (love 3rd shift), so am looking into something part-time ideally between 10am-4pm. I'm thinking homecare. I have about 4 months before that magic number 1 year of LPN work experience (in LTC).

For now, I filled out an application with a chiropractic office for part-time Medical Office Assistant. They will cross train for physical therapy assistant, doctor assistant, x-ray development, and insurance assistant (actually sounds interesting).

I also filled out an application for part-time administrative medical assistant.

I just need 2 or 3 extra part-time days per week to be comfortable with the mortgage and bills.

[caliotter3]

OP, I know you said you didn't want another nursing job, but you should consider extended care home health. You can find a suitable case on any shift and can work as little or as much as you want. There are even some situations where the shift is less than eight hours. Talk to someone at an agency and tell them you only want to be considered for ..... and then see what transpires. You can always step back if it does not work out the way you would like.