Non Clinical Jobs

[joyflnoyz, LPN]

After 40+ years of clinical work ( NA/LVN) my body is SCREAMING at me.  Knees, hips,back, neck.  I keep tabs on the local job market via indeed, Monster etc, but perhaps I don't KNOW what words to put in .  All the results are exactly what I am doing now ( HH)  or SNF. Are there any non clinical jobs for LVNs??   The above body parts thank you in advance for your responses :) 

[Archerlpvn, LPN, LVN]

Really depends on where you’re an LVN at and the job market. I just type LVN in search bar on indeed.com. Hopefully different clinic, psych/addictions, corrections, MDS coordinator, and other non-back breaking jobs come up. Good luck ? 

[NurseCutiePie]

I teach and so can you. If you have an Associate's degree in Nursing or better, you could be an LPN educator for nursing school students. You could also become a charge nurse or a legal nurse consultant... There are many possibilities, keep searching.

NurseCutiePie- LPN, BSN, MS

[Mintezia]

Have you considered home health? It's generally a good fit for those who are burnt out from nursing and are looking for a more laid back environment. I've covered different types of cases and I've had some require a bit of physical work whereas others I mostly sat for the shift. The scheduling is very flexible as well. Pay may not always be the highest but it is decent and overtime in home health is manageable without much effort.

[joyflnoyz, LPN]

Have been HH for 11 years.  It's just all getting to be too much after 40 years of being a LVN.  LIfting the bag, working on a tablet all day, the bending, wrapping legs.  I was off for a couple of weeks due to pain, worked one day and my neck was SCREAMING by the time I was finished with visits... ? 

Thanks, I guess I've exhausted everything I can think of.  Indeed, Monster etc.. all seem to be HH or SNF .  Thanks for the replies!

[caliotter3]

Instead of intermittent visit HH, look for extended care.  If the job placement ad is unclear to you, call the contact and ask them if they have extended care work.  That is where you find the shift work cases where you can do more sitting, depending on the shift and the case.

[joyflnoyz, LPN]

Thank you for this idea!  I can add to my searches!

 

[T-Bird78]

This is where LPNs get stuck. Most non-clinical nursing jobs require RN. I’m ready to get out too. I’ve been looking at rad tech or medical coding programs just to get out of nursing. I’m tired of physician’s attitudes, which have been terrible this year. 

[caliotter3]

Beware of medical coding. Someone who works in hospital administration informed me that their network and most others now outsource this function overseas.

[Guest1136066]

I'm interviewing for a Remote patient monitoring care management position next week.  I myself am having physical issues due to working Hospital, Corrections and Family Practice.  On your feet majority of the shift.  This patient monitoring position has been around for a few years but this is the first that I've been able to apply for.  My understanding is that it's a desk job calling patient's with chronic conditions and that have devices at home (meaning remote, not work from home remote job) and it remotely connects to the their PCP so if there are any abnormalities the Care manager (nurse) can call the patient to follow up right away so they hopefully don't end up in the hospital or the nurse will determine if they need a Telehealth visit with their PCP.  

 

[joyflnoyz, LPN]

Thank you both!  Am on medical leave right now, but adding "care coach" and "remote monitoring" to my searches 

 

[TheMoonisMyLantern, ADN, LPN, RN]

What type of home health do you currently do, homecare/private duty, or intermittent visit/skilled? Whichever you do, I would recommend trying the other type as there are advantages to both. The nice thing with homecare is that there is usually extended periods of time without strenuous activity which would allow you to recover from any care you have to provide, plus a lot of the cases are pediatrics versus adults which can also help with the aching body parts. Where as with intermittent visits, you have schedule flexibility, you're not typically lifting people as you are there to perform a skill versus to take total care of the patient, you have a drive in between patients so there is some recovery time. The bad thing with skilled home health is that sometimes for some of the wounds you'll be taking care of you do have bend over or get in an awkward position to do the wound care so that could be an issue. 

I have also seen jobs with Anthem that required an LPN versus RN so you could always look at their website and see if there's any openings. Humana a few years ago was hiring a lot of LPN's to do health screening visits, I had a friend who did that and said the work was really easy as the health screenings were on relatively healthy individuals. 

Good luck!