Kaiser Advice Nurses: Do any of you work from home?

[APRN.]

Long time CCU nurse looking for a set schedule and a way to coast into my golden years without a broken back. I also miss getting my nails done.

I have been exploring this option, and have but one interview left before being an Advice Nurse is a definite possibility.

I have heard a few nurses talk about being able to take calls from their home.

Please share what you know about this process.

I can imagine that it would take a certain length of time before this would be possible. Perhaps it is based on seniority, as many things are at Kaiser?

Thanks for any info. It is greatly appreciated, and will get my mind off of the burnout I feel from being at the bedside.

[KG916]

I work at Kaiser as an advice nurse and NO you cannot work from home..but more importantly we or you should not want to. TSR (tele service reps) can and some do..but nurses are reluctant to do that and will put up a fight if this ever became an option.

kaiser is one of the highest paying companies in California if we all started working from home not only does this minimize our profession but will give Kaiser the ability to outsource jobs from California..

[pfchang]

How does an RN working at home minimize the profession?

[APRN., DNP, RN, APRN, NP]

How does an RN working at home minimize the profession?

I, too, am respectfully curious as to how this would affect professionalism. I've not got any idea regarding that potential outcome.

[KG916]

Well this is my view..you may not agree and that's ok. Major hospitals like Kaiser are always looking at their bottom line..I've worked at Kaiser for 17yrs. .I've seen a lot of changes..nurses being replaced by non licensed personnel, being able to do Nursing tasks under a physician/license. My old dept have not hired a new RN in the 15yrs I was there. Every time a RN left/retired they hired a LVN or a medical assistant.

Working as an advice nurse we follow algorithms and protocols -so more n more of us start to work from home following the above. What if and when they start offering our jobs to non-licensed personnel replacing us and hiring a couple of physicians to "overlook" them-we will not be valued and be out of jobs or even worse outsourcing our jobs..