Changing to a non-nursing career?

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Hello!!

I was wondering if I am alone in what I have done? I have been an RN since 1991. I have worked in Nursing homes and Home Health moslty, with some time in Cardiac Rehab and with mentally handicapped. This year as my baby headed to Kindergarden (along with my 3rd and 5th graders), I accepted a position as a para-professional (teacher aide) in the Special Ed department of our local school. Having just 2 weeks under my belt - I love it! I am excited to get up and go to work everyday. My kids ride with me to school, and then home with me again. No daycare. No more nights/weekends/holidays. I am getting close to all the kids in my classroom and am looking forward to helping them this year and many to come. Anyone else find more fullfillment after switching careers??? I feel like I totally picked the wrong field so many years ago, LOL!

Denise

Interested in the steps you took to become a LP C and what your day entails please?

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I am interested in going this route myself. What school are you attending that offers online classes?

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Interested in the steps you took to become a LP C and what your day entails please?

Hi, wasn't sure if your comment was for me or not... If it was I haven't became a CPC yet. I'm still taking classes online to become one. Right now I'm just learning about insurance and the steps to coding. :)

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I've been an RN for 37 years this year, and was a CNA for 5 before that. Almost 42 years in this profession and this is the first time I REALLY don't like being a nurse! So much has changed and not all for the better. I am sad that I no longer love the career that I wanted to do since I was 5 years old. Retirement is too far away, and let's face it, unless you are in a state or federal job, our retirement plans stink. I am starting a home based, online business, but need to work until that replaces my salary. I am working with a great team, who will help me meet that goal and earn a profit rather than a paycheck. Blessings to you all!

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For those who want to leave beside there is a whole host of careers outside of clinical nursing where your experience is extremely valued.

My wife works for an insurance company from home as a utilization nurse. Makes roughly the same as she did in the hospital but from home.

I work in medical sales/industry which likes nurses for many, MANY different roles from sales, marketing, R&D, education, quality assurance etc. They want the clinical experience to help them make and sell better products/services etc.

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My wife works for an insurance company from home as a utilization nurse. Makes roughly the same as she did in the hospital but from home.

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What specific training did your wife have to get the utilization job?

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Specializes in Managed Care, Onc/Neph, Home Health.

Working from home is tough, tough, tough, and tougher.....LOL. Its not cracked up like one thinks it may be. been there done that, and never before ever felt so trapped, and stifled and could not breath :o(

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I'm a bit different than most of you, I've been an RN for 37 years. Never wanted to do anything else and loved doing it until 3 years ago. Started a new job going back to my roots in ICU, after 3 years I hate it and don't like being a nurse anymore. Too young and too poor to retire. I am currently doing some online training for a career I can work part-time or full time and make good money, and work from home, the mountains or the beach, any where in the world. I would be happy to share the info with anyone who is interested. [email protected]. Blessings to all!

Bless your your heart. Could use some advice and/enouragement.

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I recently quit my second (and last!) nursing job. I discovered that although yes, the money was decent, if it was taken into account what all nurses have to do during their shift along with the responsibility, the money is horrible. Im going back to a non-nursing job I love that I dont dread going to and I get two breaks AND a lunch. I will be making half of what I made as a nurse so I will have to work more days just to bring home the same money but it is more than worth it.

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Working from home is tough, tough, tough, and tougher.....LOL. Its not cracked up like one thinks it may be. been there done that, and never before ever felt so trapped, and stifled and could not breath :o(

I think everyone is different. Many people have to work outside of the home, others it doesn't matter. My husband is the type that has to work outside of the home... He can't sit still more than 30 minutes! He works as an engineer in an office, but also goes outside a lot for his work. I personally am looking forward to a work from home type job. I hate work drama, and the "catty" atmosphere of nursing. I am kind of a homebody as well. I do get tired of sitting a lot though, and like to work out a lot, as I am health concious. So if I work from home, it will definitely be part time or PRN. I'm also a full time mom, and can't work a full time job away from home. I feel blessed that my husband works full time, and I am able to work PRN or part time. I currently work PRN as a healthscreener nurse and I love the flexible hours. I am trying to become a CPC on top of my LPN, and would love a work from home desk job though in the near future. It will give me the opportunity to be a stay at home mom, and work more than just PRN hours...

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Working from home is tough, tough, tough, and tougher.....LOL. Its not cracked up like one thinks it may be. been there done that, and never before ever felt so trapped, and stifled and could not breath :o(

I agree! I worked from home doing telephonic nursing for over two years, and it was awful. The company treated all the nurses so terribly. They could not be pleased no matter what.

All calls are recorded, plus they listen in. They count key strokes. If you stop typing for 5 mins to use the bathroom, they get on you about it.

There are all kinds of quotas you have to reach. It was supposed to be chronic disease mgmt, but the company pressured us big-time to push unneeded equipment and supplies onto pts. Mgrs told us "You have to make the pts get flu shots!"

They wanted us to call the same pts over and over again and try to verbally bully them into getting flu shots. The company promised their ins co clients a certain percentage of their members would comply with various things the ins company wanted, and we were so pressured to try and force pts to do things.

When the computer system was slow, or went down, we were supposed to tell pts that we (nurses) lost your data- "Could you repeat your address/phone number/med list please?"

So glad to be out of telephonic nursing.

The company wanted us to take the blame for lost data, and look like idiots rather than blame their crappy computer system.

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