Non traditional job ideas??

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Hi, I wasn't sure what section to put this in. I was just hopping to get an idea of where nurses are employed that I might not have thought of. So I would appreciate it if you would add places/kinds of employers that might hire nurses in a non traditional setting. Stuff like the oil industry, an airline or an Embassy. I don't know, just trying to get an idea what's out there.

Thanks for the help

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.

Boeing did up to a few years ago that I knew of. My mom had a friend that recently retired. A pretty cush job until somebody either had a heart attack or cut their arm off.

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Specializes in ICU, ER, EP,.

my husband is an engineer in the world's largest sink manufacturer. They have a nurse on staff for heat exhaustion, tetorifice shots, physicals and what not. Pay is very competitive with bennies. Much paperwork and drug testing, workers comp issues, but it is a nice job, it's called occupational health

Generally a BSN and some exp. is needed to navigate the complexities. If you've done a year in a hospital, with a BSN, it should do just fine. Salary in NC, is about $75k per year. In this type of position you ARE held accountable for accurate records due to the comp cases. An alternative for you to consider.

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Specializes in Psych.

The first one I think of is a nurse that does physicals for insurance rates. I talked to one once and she said it's nice because you meet a lot of people but you have to travel which can be a negative.

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Cruise ships :D

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I saw job recently for the casino, the airport and the horse races all for nurses. Am not in USA, but they sound like fun jobs. Hospitals can be quite depressing and working in a non hospital environment would be so great.

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Cruise ships :D

I know someone who did that and loved it..saved all her money cause nothing to spend it on (er, I dont have that problem :D) and when she came home was able to buy a house outright with what she saved...she did the job for a good few years and was based in UK and sent her money back to Australia, the exchange rate was great so she did really well out of it.

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Specializes in pediatrics, public health.
Cruise ships :D

I hear amusement parks hire nurses too (I think someone posted a link to an article about nurses in Disneyland a while back).

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Specializes in ICU,ANTICOAG,ACUTE STROKE,EDU,RESEARCH.

Many large companies have staff wellness programs and may have nurses working on these.

My husband is a health researcher for Carolinas Health Services in Charlotte and some of the wellness specialists are nurse, whilst others are dieticians, excercise techs etc.

CHS are in the process of setting up a wellness program for Charlotte Speedway.

I know that Lowes home improvement have a wellness program for staff too.

Other thing I thought about was working as a Clinical research coordinator or CRA for drug companies or clinical research organisations.

Also some of the YMCAs have nurses that do health screening etc.

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Specializes in Peds Hem, Onc, Med/Surg.
I hear amusement parks hire nurses too (I think someone posted a link to an article about nurses in Disneyland a while back).

I know Disney World has their own hospital type thing.

I've also come across a lot of academic advisers for online nursing schools that are nurses. The one I recently spoke to from Georgetown has been a nurse for 15 years or something.

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Keep um coming. Thanks for the responses so far. There are definitely a few that I have never heard about. Thanks

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