Per Diem non-bedside?

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Just curious-

Has anyone ever heard of a per diem RN job that is not bedside? If so, what area of nursing was it?

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

how far from the beside?

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Specializes in LTC, med/surg, hospice.

Are you referring to positions that don't involve patient care or just something other than inpatient nursing? Outpatient facilities do utilize per diem nurses. I have a per diem outpatient job that I enjoy.

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I think outpatient counts

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I do per diem home care. It's a little more complicated than just putting your availability down though.

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

Outpatient, utilization review, infection control, intake, home health, community/public health, school...pretty much any non-bedside job that utilizes nurses has the potential to need/use a per-diem nurse.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

I don't think it would be possible for a per diem nurse to function effectively in most non-clinical jobs due to the amount of organizational &/or operational knowledge that it takes to fulfill those duties. These jobs are generally exempt (non-hourly), so those departments are expected to adjust scheduling to account for unscheduled absences rather than backfill with temporary staff. For scheduled absences (vacations, FMLA, Maternity leave, etc) they have a staffing plan for coverage, but I do know of some instances in which a locums was used for to provide 3 months of Infection Control coverage.

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