Nurses Career Support
Published Mar 16, 2008
nursalicious
68 Posts
Hello, all. I'm hoping someone can throw some options my way. I've been an ICU nurse since graduating from nursing school nearly 6 years ago (will be 6 years in May) and almost 5 of those years in the unit I am currently working. My husband was just offered a promotion at work in another large city about 3 hours away and I feel like he will be accepting the position. I'm thinking that while I'll be leaving my comfort zone of familiar hospital/coworkers/unit, I may like to try venturing out into another area non-nursing related. What I'd like to know is, what are some non-clinical avenues I could take? Someone recently mentioned pharmaceutical sales, so along those lines, any suggestions? Not necessarily sales, but a job where my nursing background could be utilized? Thanks!
Mijourney
1,301 Posts
You could try to get into clinical trials as a nurse monitor. You could go into insurance and do a number of different things like utilization review, case management, etc. You could do these things for a hospital if they have these areas. Usually teaching hospitals offer a number of non-bedside opportunities like nurse researcher and the others I mentioned.