Part time gigs for retired nurses

[debi49]

I am a 62 1/2 RN and will retire mid Summer.  I will need to work a little bit, something very flexible, as my elderly parents need alot of help.  I am considering flu shots in the fall, but what are other nursing jobs you have done while retired?? Flexible and relatively well paid. I have done hospital, clinic, AL, LTC, mental health.  

 

What, if anything, have you retired RN's done for extra cash??

Thanks !

[Daisy4RN]

Congratulations on the upcoming retirement! Is it possible to work per diem at your current place of employment. That would probably be the best because you already know the job and would have flexibility. If not I would look for per diem employment elsewhere in the areas you have experience, clinics etc

[AdobeRN]

Try School Nurse substituting - the district I work for has several retired nurses that work PRN as subs.   You are not stuck to a schedule, basically can pick and choose when you want to work and what grade level (elementary, middle or high school) or even be part of the vision/Hearing screen team (if certified to do this).   When I retire in 15 years - LOL.... I plan on sticking around as a sub to pick up days here and there for the extra cash.  

[Hannahbanana, BSN, MSN]

I help edit other people's written journal submissions, research proposals, theses, dissertations, etc. My kind of fun.

[Advicenurse, ASN, BSN, RN]

I work pt as a weekend supervisor in a NH. I have about 9 years before I can retire and plan to keep doing this since It’s 4 days a month and pays well. 

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

On 5/21/2021 at 1:37 PM, Hannahbanana said:

I help edit other people's written journal submissions, research proposals, theses, dissertations, etc. My kind of fun.

Please explain how I could get into this gig.

 

[Hannahbanana, BSN, MSN]

Well, lots of ways. I have been editing other people’s written work since high school because I hate bad writing, LOL. I volunteered to be a reviewer for some professional journals— they’re always looking for those, not necessarily copy editors but content. I volunteered for a state nurse practice advisory committee and met some folks who were in grad school who saw that on my resume and asked for help. I worked for a company that put out professional opinion pieces and noticed that several needed cleaning up for readability and clarity and told the boss to let me help; next thing I knew I was reviewing lots of the content that went out the door. I volunteered to give a seminar on writing for publication to a couple of professional orgs. I offered to help anybody and then did a fair amount of mentoring for people who wanted help c making their reports and opinion pieces. 
Each of these got the attention of people who needed help, and word of mouth did the rest. 
If you have a couple of style manuals on your desk, read Strunk and White for fun, think it might be interesting to take a class on writing, and flinch when you see errors in the newspaper, just stand up and offer to fix things.