Other careers for RN's

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Hi all! I have a BSN and am currently working as an RN full time In a hospital. Love my job, but I am getting married soon and we want to have kids so working 13 hours a day (my husband works 7a-7p too but not in healthcare) is just not possible for child care. Also, I'm starting to get very burnt out on such long shifts. So I was wondering, what other careers are out there for people with RN degrees other than hospital positions that would offer good hours for someone with children? Ive started to even look at becoming a case manager. PLEASE HELP!!!!

Thank you :)

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You are looking for what a lot of other nurses are looking for as well. Be prepared for some competition and you will have to accept some trade-offs like a pay cut for those non-hospital jobs with the good schedules.

Home health and school nursing are a couple that come to mind. What is available depends on where you live.

Would you really need to work full-time after kids? I work per diem on nights and weekends part-time to make the childcare work.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

Work opposite days from your husband. Work on his days off. Having children and not using day care requires sacrifice. I did it with mine and they are now 16 and 17. We saw each other in passing for many years but our children were always in our care...it was a sacrifice we were willing to make.

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My husband will be working 5 days a week and every few weeks will have to work 6 days. He makes very good money but not enough for me to be able to stop working. I'd like to find something that's a type of 9-5 or 8-4 type job. I've also started looking into quality assurance but can't find too much info on it. I just feel like there's something out there for me but there's just not a lot of resources to find info.

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Specializes in CCM, PHN.

I've managed to mostly avoid the 12 hour hospital shift my entire 8 year career and stick with 9-5, M-F. I started as a Public Health Nurse with a nonprofit agency clinic, then worked in an ambulatory day clinic that was part of a large hospital network, and now I've been in case management the last 2 years. I'm salaried and I love it. Find out if your state's BON offers a PHN license and look into PH jobs with your county/state, or look into CM, but be aware both will want 3-5 years experience in addition to that BSN of yours. If you can get any ANCC board certifications that will help too.

Be prepared to take home a bit less pay than hospital money.....especially if you have 3 years or less experience & no certifications. I make as much as floor nurses do now but it has taken some time and jumping through some hoops. Personally and professionally, for me, I'll take decent hours, salary instead of punching a clock, my sanity and saving my back & knees for a little less $ in a SECOND.

Good luck!!!

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

Think carefully...childcare is very expensive. I once did the day job thing when my kids were little...It cost me so much extra money that I had to work full time to end up with less money...and my kids spent too much time from me out of our care and away from home. But that is just me.

I wanted to care for my children myself. I would have been a stay at home Mom but I needed my nursing to give me sanity and clarity...I need adult interaction and the money is good. Shift work and working weekends worked for us it gave us the best of both worlds.

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school nurses in my area don't make horrible money (the job I just saw starts at $28.14/hr) and they get the summers off (well, work 8 hrs/week)

I used to be a case manager (SW, not RN, but we had the same essential job duties), it's a fantastic job where you can actually see the results at times so don't knock it because lots of work can be done from home.

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