Do you have a side hustle?

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I am curious to know if you do something else on the side to earn extra income in addition to being a nurse.

I know some nurses work somewhere else PRN and a few nurses I know who do photography and such on the side. What is your side hustle?

4 hours ago, Krispy Kritter said:

My side gig is hobby farmer! I have a small 5 acre farm that I am working on developing into a business. I have a mammoth donkey that I ride, a horse, a mini horse,miniature zebu cows, chickens, rabbits, a cat and 4 rescue dogs. I would like to make it into an educational hobby farm for children to visit and learn about animals and farming. My future plans include hosting field trips, teaching milking cows, making butter, cheese making, basic animal care for kids; donkey rides, adding honey bees and a chicken share community program. If anyone has any suggestions that I haven’t mentioned please comment! What would interest you in coming to visit a hobby farm?

That is an awesome plan! I would love to visit someplace like that with my kids. One thing that would make it more interesting to us would be wheelchair access, and clean accessible bathrooms!

Another thing that would make it more interesting would be to able to get our hands dirty doing real tasks, and to relate it to the larger world. I accompanied my son's class on a field trip to a working organic farm in our area that employs farmers with intellectual disability, and raises vegetables that are served in group homes, and other places where people are nutritionally at risk. They had the kids pulling weeds and picking rocks and dong real farm tasks. It was much more educational than riding the hay ride at the pumpkin patch to the "field" where they have dumped all the previously picked pumpkins for you to "pick" them again!

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Specializes in rural, camp, telephone triage, abstraction.
On ‎7‎/‎3‎/‎2019 at 11:17 AM, Swellz said:

Basically I read through a chart, pull out certain data points, and it gets aggregated for research purposes. I found my company on linkedin when I was looking for something else. My company is all oncology, and I don't know if my job is typical of that of a chart abstractor as a rule, since most of the jobs I see for this are more helping with converting charts from one EMR to another and don't require clinical experience.

I think we work for the same company. I found them by accident also. It's a nice side hustle. ?

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.
4 hours ago, Hoosier_RN said:

sleep research?

I was thinking professional mattress tester/reviewer.

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1 hour ago, klone said:

I was thinking professional mattress tester/reviewer.

If you find someone who needs that and you need a backup, I'm there for you!

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Specializes in ICU.

I have never understood how nurses have more than one job. My job brings enough stress and anxiety for the whole week lol. So me personally no, it’s not worth my mental well being.

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1 hour ago, Gracefully Saved said:

I have never understood how nurses have more than one job. My job brings enough stress and anxiety for the whole week lol. So me personally no, it’s not worth my mental well being.

I think this would work best with something you enjoy and or aspire towards becoming your second career. Thus authors, YouTube channel owners, documentary film makers, survivalist supply dealers, organic gardeners, occult magic item/book/spell/psychic providers, herbalists, massage therapists or even say a bartender who aspired to own their own place one day might do better with this situation especially if it is only one day per week.

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Specializes in Psych, ER, Trauma, SANE, CPEN.

My current side hustle is SANE nursing. I was thinking about getting a summer job in something non-nursing to earn some extra cash but it would have conflicted with all my on-call SANE hours. ?

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Transplant, Education.

I'm a part time med/surg nurse (24 hour nights) and clinical instructor/part time faculty for an hybrid ABSN program. This semester I'm teaching med surg clinical, med surg didactic & fundamentals lab. I have about a nine hour per week in person commitment plus a handful of hours a week that I get work done at home. I'm hoping to make teaching my full time gig in the next couple of years and go per diem as a nurse, but for now what I am doing works and I love it!

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It’s a little different but I have a Patreon for cosplaying. People subscribe to see content and vote on characters and it’s makes enough money to pay for costumes and extra. Nothing lewd and it’s a fun hobby.

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I would like to get into Reiki as a side job. I work at night so maybe I will take a course in it. I want whatever I do on the side to be something I enjoy.

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No but I want to start a YouTube channel and keep procrastinating because I don't know what I want to focus on. I craft, upcycle furniture, crochet, and review/recap movies/TV shows but I don't want my channel to be a mix of it all and confuse people. I also want to vlog my life through grad school.

Yep, I'm a confused wreck. ?

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On 7/5/2019 at 12:20 PM, Krispy Kritter said:

My side gig is hobby farmer! I have a small 5 acre farm that I am working on developing into a business. I have a mammoth donkey that I ride, a horse, a mini horse,miniature zebu cows, chickens, rabbits, a cat and 4 rescue dogs. I would like to make it into an educational hobby farm for children to visit and learn about animals and farming. My future plans include hosting field trips, teaching milking cows, making butter, cheese making, basic animal care for kids; donkey rides, adding honey bees and a chicken share community program. If anyone has any suggestions that I haven’t mentioned please comment! What would interest you in coming to visit a hobby farm?

I'd love to take my 2 year old to something like that! He loves to feed animals, he thinks it's hilarious, so provide your visitors with dog treats, carrots, biscuits for the furry friends. I'd also love him to learn the right way to interact with a new/strange dog (to avoid bites). maybe a take-home seed growing kit (like a bean with a moist paper towel in a baggy to put on a window) so they can watch it grow and plant it at home?? I love your idea and one day I hope to have a family farm too ? jealous!

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