Easy healthcare jobs while in nursing school?

[Shea1113]

Im starting back to nursing school in 2 months after having to take a 1 year break(had a baby). And im wanting to find a job in a hospital or dr office setting. I am wanting a low stress job if possible because im a single mom and going to be in school. I dont know much about either but im looking into pct and patient registration. I know pct fits the bill better but i want the easiest! I know neither will be no stress but i want the lesser. I can only work days also until 530.

Thanks:up:

[emily34812]

Well being a PCT is certainly not low stress. I guess patient registration would be the lower stress choice, but keep in mind healthcare positions everywhere are a lot of paperwork and are often very detail oriented.

[LittyCity]

Patient registration sounds like a good choice. I cant imagine how that would be a stressful job.

[Goals2018]

PCT is not a low stress easy job. Patient reg was the easiest Healthcare relayed job I've done with very little stress.

[SopranoKris, MSN, RN, NP]

Phlebotomy is pretty easy & low stress. You still get to interact with patients and get good practice at locating veins and doing venipuncture. I did phlebotomy prior to starting nursing school for the patient experience and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I feel it really helped me to be successful starting IVs because I wasn't nervous about finding a vein. You can get phlebotomy certification fairly quickly.

[Ofcnay]

I work in hospital now at a level one trauma center. I can tell you now that registration is the easier department but can also be very overwhelming at times (but every hospital is different). A doctor's office might fit better with your schedule but if you're going to nursing school and have a kid, I think it would be hard to have a flexible schedule. I say be a PCT as a float pool (registry) and pick days and how many hours you can work will be beneficial for you. The only down fall is… there's no insurance. My friend who is currently in nursing school is a float PCT and does 8 hours whenever he can 7am-3pm and probably picks up 4 hours whenever he can. So don't dismiss being a PCT entirely.