Ever left a nightshift hospital job for a day shift low stress job?

[saltymermaid]

Curious who’s ever been in my shoes and what you chose to do instead. I’ve been a nurse for 7.5 years total, 6.5 being RN (1 year working as an LPN while finishing RN degree).  Except for a few short stints, my career so far has consisted mostly of nightshift, and most of my time has been spent in hospital nursing. (Med surg and then NICU). I enjoy my current job overall  but I’ve just reached a point where I can’t do nights like I used to, and I’m just sick of hospital nursing in general. Like many, COVID related stress has added to that, although that wasn’t the main driving factor for me initially. Nights is not an option for me anymore. Even though I don’t think nurses should necessarily have to “pay their dues”, I have nonetheless in terms of working those dang nightshifts, haha. Something day shift, low stress, and outpatient sounds fantastic. What areas have you gone into and enjoyed? I understand that every job can be stressful at times and I’m not looking to be lazy, I rather enjoy being busy and having the shift pass by - I’m just done with the unpredictable hospital scene. ? I have my eye out for private practices as they seem to pay better than clinics owned by the hospital.  Perhaps there are even day shift units in the hospital that are low stress? If so what are those? I’ve heard that endoscopy or PACU are good inpatient areas. Thoughts? I’ve Also considered these areas as I hear they are good outpatient jobs:

Clinical appeals 

Clinical research 

Home infusion 

Aesthetics/plastics 

 

 What have you or someone you know transitioned to that you enjoyed after having worked hospital and/or nights? 

 

thanks ?

[BeatsPerMinute, BSN, RN]

9 hours ago, saltymermaid said:

I applied to endoscopy and got turned down immediately because I don’t have surgical or OR experience.  ? I know plenty of people who went into endoscopy without that and did just fine - and it would help if they listed this required experience in their job description. Same with the remote jobs I applied to. After talking with the recruiter those are all “on site” jobs. So why does it say they are remote/work from home  in their description? It can take a considerable amount of time out of your day to apply to jobs depending on the application process and it’d be great if companies could list their requirements or accurate info in the description so we don’t waste each other’s time. Super annoyed. I’ll keep looking.

been there, done that. unfortunately, many places simply tailor or frame a job to appear a certain way in hopes of catching as many people as possible in their net. from there, they can be picky. 

you don't NEED surgical nor OR experience to work in endoscopy. that's ridiculous. I have landed surgical PACU positions, have been asked to care for endoscopy patients, with ZERO experience in that area. 

sounds like they just want someone who can hit the ground running. Maybe their focus is on saving some money by skimping on proper training. #RedFlags 

try another place. 

[saltymermaid, ADN]

On 10/22/2021 at 1:00 AM, BeatsPerMinute said:

been there, done that. unfortunately, many places simply tailor or frame a job to appear a certain way in hopes of catching as many people as possible in their net. from there, they can be picky. 

you don't NEED surgical nor OR experience to work in endoscopy. that's ridiculous. I have landed surgical PACU positions, have been asked to care for endoscopy patients, with ZERO experience in that area. 

sounds like they just want someone who can hit the ground running. Maybe their focus is on saving some money by skimping on proper training. #RedFlags 

try another place. 

Yes, for sure. Funny thing is, both the endoscopy and “remote” jobs I mentioned above, were jobs I applied to internally through my current company!! ? most places give internal employees a leg up on internal jobs - they want you to stay with their company even if that means switching units or facilities - but not this one. 
 

anyways, I’ve had a few interviews since last posting here, all of them being external jobs. I recently had an interview for a 100% remote position that seems rather fitting for me so hoping to move along in the next steps of the interview process.??