NON-Patient Care Employment for new R.N.s

[California-O.T.]

I'm considering becoming an R.N. but I'm only interested in NON-patient care work. Can a new R.N. get this type of work and in what capacity are they needed? Also is it necessary to perform patient care prior to getting those positions?

Thank you

[WhatToDo]

Nurses that do telephone triage do have direct contact with patients, not sure if they need patient care experience first through.

Also, nurses could certainly use more politcally active nurses. You could work as lobbyist of some kind of health policy job???

[mchundu]

Thanks. This is very helpful. I have about 16 years bedside nursing and would like to have all information I can get for the next stage of my career.