Most easy job in Nursing?

[moliuchick]

I am currently working in the OR and I used to work on the floor. After 3 months of the OR training, I am already sick of the verbal abuse from both surgeons and anesthesiologists.

I am wondering what will be the best job in nursing that...

1. I don't have to be on call

2. I don't have to work nights

3. I will have regular day shift hours

4. I will get Sat and Sun off

5. I don't have to take care of 7 patients and break my back

6. I don't have to stay 2 hours extra every day to chart

7. I will feel that I have accomplished something at the end of the day

8. I will not be yelled at by some doctors or surgeons

I feel like I am in the wrong field. What should I do? Do you feel the same as I do? I am depressed most of the time and I drag my feet to go to work. I want to call in sick all the time.

[moliuchick, RN]

icugirl33 said:

Hi,

I have been a nurse for 9 months and have done tele, e/r, and rehab nursing. I decided to try case managment and I think I will be really happy. I will start working for a health insurance company in 3 weeks. I don't know how it's going to be but the thought of working M-F 8-5, no weekend, no needles, and just plain no hospital setting is looking very good right about now.

Good luck

Did the insurance company ask you why you changed your job so often?

How did you find the case management job?

[picuman, BSN, RN]

If you want those kind of hours and like helping families in need, try Public Health Nursing. They do not work weekends or nights. You must have a BSN though and A Public Health Nurse Cert. Also, if you have enough experience you could teach. Good Luck

[91C_ARMYLPN]

Hi there!

May I suggest the Managed Care Industry/ Insurance. Here in California they accept both LVN and RN. Easy job??? My experience has been working for Medical groups and Medical Insurance companies. The plus side: Mon to Fri,

8 am to 5 pm, no weekends/ no on call, highest pay I made was 65 K per year and a benefit package. The negative side: pressure to meet deadlines, multi-tasking, some colleagues who were real ******! No job is perfect. By the way, I am a LVN and the above wages are fantastic.

With the nursing shortage affecting the entire nation, this type of work is a

great opportunity. My friend who is a fresh graduate from a ASN program,

was hired with no previous experience. The company was willing to train her from scratch, though I do recommend having some previous nursing/clinical background. This makes things a little easier.

There is Utilization management, Quality Management, Telephonic/Concurrent review, Pre-Authorization, Inpatient Case Management (hospital), Out of Network Case Management, etc. It can be a rewarding and challenging career. It's up to you to see what will make you happy. Good luck in your future endeavors! :balloons:

91CARMYLPN

[bjm]

Oh girl, can I relate . I'm an older (48 y/o) and have only been in nursing 3 years. My first year was medical. I actually liked it, I was learning and I worked with some really nice people. But I moved away, took a job at another hospital on the post surgical floor...and it was an absolute nightmare. The disorganization, the lack of staff, and on and on and on, well, I ran those floors until I needed foot surgery. I was out for 4 months, then I went to work for an outpatient surgical center. Well, I got sick in less than 90 days, and ended up in the hosptial for 2 weeks, and when I was better, had no job to go to. I am so fed up with the disorganization, mismanagement, backstabbers, blamers, loafers, and bit**in; but mostly fed up with the understaffing, (which causes more patient and nurse frustration, more opporunity for drug errors, more in-fighting between co-workers and depts), that I have begun to apply for every doctors office I hear about needing a nurse. The thing is, it is hard for an RN to find a job where mostly LVN's are used. I wish you the best. Just wanted you to know, that there are a lot of nurses who are just plain fed up. You know, they say they are worried about a nursing shortage....if they would just give us decent pt/staff ratios, a little more support, and a staff that truly meets everyones needs, THERE WOULD NOT BE A NURSING SHORTAGE.

[blondedodgernut]

I am not sure where you live but if you live in California and you have a bachelors degree try looking into one of California's Regional Centers. Califorinia has 21 Regional Centers that work with the developmentally delayed population. I work with birth to three year olds and its very rewarding. Pay isnt bad, no weekends, all holidays off, and every other friday off as well. Its a public health nurse position. check the state website for regional center information. Each Regional Center has its own webpage. I work inland and they only hire nurses in their Early Start department. Other Regional Centers hire nurses on a consultation basis. Good luck

[moliuchick, RN]

91C_ARMYLPN said:

Hi there!

May I suggest the Managed Care Industry/ Insurance. Here in California they accept both LVN and RN. Easy job??? My experience has been working for Medical groups and Medical Insurance companies. The plus side: Mon to Fri,

8 am to 5 pm, no weekends/ no on call, highest pay I made was 65 K per year and a benefit package. The negative side: pressure to meet deadlines, multi-tasking, some colleagues who were real ******! No job is perfect. By the way, I am a LVN and the above wages are fantastic.

With the nursing shortage affecting the entire nation, this type of work is a

great opportunity. My friend who is a fresh graduate from a ASN program,

was hired with no previous experience. The company was willing to train her from scratch, though I do recommend having some previous nursing/clinical background. This makes things a little easier.

There is Utilization management, Quality Management, Telephonic/Concurrent review, Pre-Authorization, Inpatient Case Management (hospital), Out of Network Case Management, etc. It can be a rewarding and challenging career. It's up to you to see what will make you happy. Good luck in your future endeavors! :balloons:

91CARMYLPN

Do you mind PM'ing me some managed care companies' names please?

Thanks!

[Mamacloset]

The job that I have found the best in nursing is Public Health. You work regular hours (8-5) in Georgia, Monday- Friday. You have weekends off, no call and all State holidays, which in Georgia is about 10 extra days. The pay is not as good as hospital pay, but the perks are much better. Our health department closes at lunch time for one hour. We shut down and lock the doors. So you are guaranteed your lunch break without interuption. There are usually various clinics going on, so you get to see a variety of patients. You may do child health one day and women's health the next. There is no boredom here! We keep busy, but at the end of the day you feel good and it is nice to go home at a decent hour.

[KacyLynnRN]

Well, if it's not the easiest than I'd say it is definitly in the top 3.... OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH!! I work Occ health for an area hospital, I basically go around to the different factories that the hospital has contracts with and work in the clinics inside the factories. A lot of prevention of repititive motion injuries, random drug screens (which are a urine test, reminds me of a home pregnancy test), draw blood, and do lots and lots of paperwork! Lots of downtime, lots of chat time with employees, (almost) everyone is happy to see you everyday. The most stressful part of the job is dealing with emergencies that come up (mostly lacerations and machining injuries, at times can be severe) Most people would not be able to deal with the boredom, but believe me after 3 years in medical/surgical floor nursing, it is a VERY welcome change!!! The stress at the hospital was buring me out big time, and I had to make a change to maintain my sanity. Good luck to you!

-Kacy, RN

P.S... Oh, and NO weekends and NO holidays. Most of the jobs available are on 1st shift (days), but they do have 2nd and 3rd shift positions too, just not as many. Also, I am able to work 6,8,10 or 12 hour shifts...very flexible. And the pay is pretty much the same as what I made at the hospital.

[CollieRN13]

I have to say I feel the same way as the person who originally posted this thread. I've only been a nurse for a little over a year, but I find myself burning out already as a pediatric floor nurse. I think switching to a doctor's office with normal hours (I work 7p-7a) and non-acute patients is what I need. I hate the fact that I would be bowing out of the hospital setting so soon, but I didn't get into nursing because I enjoy stress and conflict. I absolutely hate those two things and I think a doctor's office is more laid-back and interpersonal relationships with docs/nurses could be better. Am I right? Anyone have any suggestions on how to search for physician's office jobs in general?

[VicChic]

Would you PM me with those managed care companies' names too please.

Thanks a bunch!

[gstar243300]

Realistically, who thinks that a job in nursing would conform to normal expectations. You want to go into work at a set time and leave at a set time with nights weekends and holidays off with no hateful doctors to scream at you, wonderful patient assignments.....sorry, I don't know any nurse that would't love to have all of that. The problem is that patients require care 24/7/365 days a year and someone has to cover those times. Sounds like being a school nurse might be something you should look into or maybe go to work for an insuranse company doing chart reviews.

[Nurse Ratched, RN]

I work in an office setting and my job and my co-workers rock. It's busy, but what is on my desk when I leave is what's on my desk when I come back, and as a OCD-type I LOVE that. ? You get to know your patients on an ongoing basis (the down side being those you might prefer not to know on an ongoing basis lol.) Some people might find it boring, I suppose, but I don't need the adrenaline rush. Lord love the ER nurses because I don't _ever_ need to work there. I'm OK with wrestling with the insurance companies to get my patients their meds, making referrals, giving shots, flushing ears, going over for the billionth time the spiel about how sore throats do not all require antibiotics, etc. My job meets all the items on your list.

I do agree with a poster several pages back who recommended you consider reading up on dealing with difficult people, as I'm certain you'll run into those wherever you go.

I hear that surgeons are the most challenging of all the doc specialties to deal with, so if you can schmooze them, you can schmooze anyone . Best of luck.