labornurse123

Hi everyone, thought I’d leave my email here for anyone to reach out with regard to questions/details about my current job in underwriting. My email is [email protected] I check my email way more often than I check this forum, so please email if attempting to contact me. Thanks!

I feel for you, girl! Praying the right job for you will come your way when the time is right.

HA - I must have done the same before I landed my current gig. So happy for you - hope you love it!

Hi everyone! The company I work for hires people in all states and, from my understanding, everyone they are hiring now is 100% remote. Unfortunately my company is only doing internal hiring for the time being. I think it’ll be sometime in 2022 when they start to do external hiring again, but I’m not sure of a specific date. I still don’t feel super comfortable sharing the name of my specific company on a public forum, but I’ve complied a small list of other well-known companies that do the same thing we do (life insurance underwriting): Northwestern Mutual Prudential Mass Mutual State Farm New York Life I would get on their websites and apply directly to any job postings they have. I had to put a lot of applications out there to get even one bite back, so don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear back from some of them! Best of luck ?

I’ve only been doing it for about 4 months, but I still love it. Some of the other nurses I trained with seem to be a little stressed, but I think it all comes down to how your brain is wired - it’s the perfect job for me and the way my brain works. For others, they may not like it as much. It genuinely interests me, so it is easy for me to be productive, hit my “numbers,” and focus (I’ve never had a job that actually kept my attention before). If you don’t like what you’re doing, you will perceive more stress. So overall, very little stress for me and WAY less stress than my bedside and Telehealth jobs.

I was the same way - making 6 figures doing the Telehealth nursing stuff but the stress was not worth the money.

It depends on where you live. When I lived on the east coast, I was only making about $57k as a floor nurse. In California, I was making about $93k as a floor nurse. The job I’m at now starts at $80-90k, independent of where you live. The pay cut to have a work/life balance was well worth it.

My company laptop makes me login to a VPN (Virtual Private Network) everyday and I make sure I am connected to either private wifi or hotspot on my phone. Also, I don’t feel comfortable posting the name of my company on a public forum, but if you get on Indeed or LinkedIn, it is easy to search for “Life Insurance Underwriting Nurse” jobs. I’m pretty sure the job I’m currently in didn’t even say RN anywhere in the job description - I just applied to a life insurance underwriting gig and they happened to he hiring a cohort of nurses. If you want to message me privately, we can chat more.

Just to give an update to anyone who might be following this thread - I actually started a job in June that I would consider to be my “dream job!” I started applying on LinkedIn and found a medical/life insurance company that was hiring a cohort of RN’s for remote positions, and I got hired. I love it! I am basically using my nursing background/skills and knowledge to look through client’s medical records, pharmacological hx, financial hx, driving record, etc and determining whether or not to approve or deny them for life insurance, and what their premium will be if I approve them. My team of managers and coworkers are great, it is 100% remote, and my hours are not super strict in terms of logging on/logging off for the day - I just have to ensure that I am being productive and getting roughly 8 hours of work done in a day. I can take lunch when I want and am not micromanaged at all. I also am more of an introvert and like that I don’t have to talk to people all day. Occasionally I might have to make a call to an agent to let them know why their client has been declined, but for the most part, I can just put music on and do my work. I can travel when I want, as long as I bring my laptop and monitor and have secure wifi. Overall it is great. I really couldn’t be happier and would encourage nurses who have similar personality types to me to look into life insurance underwriting in the future! I also want to add that I only had 2.5 years of nursing/work experience when I was hired.

Hi fellow nurses! I have recently started a remote/work from home job doing Telehealth nurse navigaton, which is basically just a call center and I am on the phone with patients all day. I am very micromanaged and have Aux codes to use even for when I go to the bathroom. Needless to say, it is exhausting. I do not want to be client facing anymore and would prefer a work environment where I am given “X” amount of work to be done in a day or week’s time and I can work on things how I see fit (eg grind out 8 hours of work in 5 hours or work a 12 hour day on Thursday so that I can leave early on Friday etc). Does anyone have any insight as to what kinds of remote/work from home nursing jobs allow for that kind of autonomy? I was looking into things like prior authorization nursing for insurance companies or nursing informatics, but I am not sure. Any insight or information would be helpful! Thank you ?

Hi All! I am currently a registered nurse in California with 2 years of experience - one year in neurotelemetry and one year in labor & delivery. I am already getting burnt out from the stress of being on the floor coupled with the deteriorating effects of night shift on my body. Because of this, I have started looking into remote/work from home nursing jobs that would allow for a normal 9-5ish schedule such as utilization review, case management, medical underwriting, nursing informatics, etc.. I was wondering if anyone has further insight into these types of positions (stress factor, salary, hiring requirements) or if anyone would know of any companies currently hiring or of any open positions for a nurse in CA with a little over 2 years of experience. Any advice or leads would be super helpful and appreciated! Thanks in advance :)

Hey everyone! Just wanted to give an update. So I decided to expand my search beyond just San Diego and ended up landing three interviews - one in LA, one in Irvine, and one in San Diego (the San Diego one was due to the help of a fellow allnurses friend who told me her unit was hiring and helped me land an interview). Unfortunately, I didn’t land the LDRP job in San Diego. However, I ended up getting an offer from the LDRP unit in Irvine and the L&D unit in LA. I decided to take the position in Irvine on the LDRP unit and couldn’t be happier! I should start sometime mid-October and am looking to move to either Huntington Beach or Newport Beach. Both would be about a 20-30 minute drive to work. I guess my advice from the last three months of applying for jobs in San Diego would be to open your search up a little bit and don’t get too hyper-focused on one city. You never know where the Universe is leading you and where you are actually meant to be! Thinking of moving to HB or NB now actually resonates with me a lot more than SD does, and I would have never thought about those two cities before. As soon as I opened up my search to different cities in southern Cal, I landed three interviews in a week. Also, look into applying to smaller hospitals that may not be as well known. I still don’t have my Fetal Monitoring Certificate and and will only have a year of LDRP experience come October, but I definitely think having that certificate and more experience would have made me more competitive. All in all, I am happy with the outcome. Good luck to everyone else out there who is struggling to find an L&D job in southern Cal! Keep applying, make as many connections as you can, and keep working towards those certifications! P.S. If you are out of state like me, make sure you apply for your CA license ASAP! I applied for mine mid-May and it will be here at the end of October. I wish I had applied sooner because it can take 3+ months to process.

@lpjohnso Many leads, but no luck landing an interview yet. However, I would absolutely love to know more about the position on your LDRP unit!! I can't seem to private message you. I created an email address so you can email me and I can give you my actual contact info. The email address is [email protected]. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Hey Madeline, I didn’t even know about these hospitals, so thank you! It looks like there are a few L&D positions at some of these facilities, so I will definitely apply. Great advice.I’ll let you know if something lands!

Thanks for your response! I am going to try to get my AWHONN Intermediate FHM certificate in the meantime.