mtngrl

Just be aware if you work from home and are on salary you often end up working wayyyy over 40 hrs/wk.

What state and what position, it depends a lot on that.

I'm confused because aren't they offering raises at your evaluation? Are you saying you will ask for more than they offer? Past couple years the nurses at my place of employment all get the same 2% raise. So I reckon that is the norm.

My daughter had short term insurance for a while, it was not expensive but after signing up she got a letter pointing out that the coverage did not meet the guideline for Obama's definition of insurance, so she will still have to pay the tax penalty!

I am just wondering how you spent so much on school to be a nurse.

There is really such a thing as "stress leave"?????

I saw a go fund me that tops ALL the ones ya'll posted about....a Hooters girls asking for money to help pay for swimsuits, makeup, etc., for a bikini competition. She already makes GREAT money. Yeah, that pretty much told me go fund me is one ridiculous website. Can't believe they allow such nonsense like that.

I have worked for 2 large insurance companies. I have an ADN. If you don't have case management experience the ones I work for looked next to home health experience, because we do field visits.

When I was in school I bought several of the "made incredibly easy" books (example: Medical Surgical Nursing Made Incredibly Easy. I felt like they helped me understand better, of course I studied the class material too, but it was a great supplement and made more sense. Also, get some classmates and study together!

I would think a DON would have to have an actual voicemail message so how did you not realize you dialed the wrong person?

I felt the same way in school, I made great grades but dreaded clinicals. I think it might be the anxiety from the responsibility of it all. Anyway, upon graduation I worked in a doctor's office, which wasn't too bad. Then worked with developmentally disabled in their homes...most states have some sort of programs for that type population. Might want to look into that?

You could look up some insurance companies and see what positions they have open. Pretty much all of them hire nurses and they are usually work from home positions. I have worked for 2 insurance companies as an RN and at both places I got all the holidays off, work M-F only, and no on call or weekends.

Where I work when we do our yearly conflict of interest survey we have to disclose if we have a second job.

A raise wouldn't make me like my job more. The stress would be the same. Would not make me any less miserable nor make my job more tolerable.

Sent you a PM!

I work in home care case management and the "above and beyond" ones are the ones doing things for patients OFF THE CLOCK. Sorry but I work my butt off all day, most of the time working far more hours than I am paid for. I barely see my family as it is, so my off time is spent with them! I actually had a job interview a while back where that was actually a question they asked!!! "Give an example of when you went above and beyond in your job". Uggggggghhhhhhhhh

Nope, but please let me know if you find the answer. Been trying to get out for years. Mental and physical health has gone completely downhill since becoming a nurse. PS Case management is extremely stressful too. Even working from home. Been there done that.

A lot of non medical home care agencies hire RN's for supervisory visits. Case management is also an option but is very stressfull. I will venture to say that non clinical type RN jobs are few and far between.

Congrats, sounds like a great job, and one that a lot of nurse would love to have.

More than I had as a new grad!!! Needless to say I resigned from that job.

All this talk of brand new cars. Am I the only nurse whose vehicles are 15 yrs old? I too read Dave Ramsey and that's a big no-no with him (new cars). But I also have a hubby that can fix anything. I have been laid off before and was sooooo glad I didn't have a car payment!!!

If my kids were young I'd choose the 8-4. I would not to spend so many hours away from them, plus 12h shifts leave you drained for days!

There is no state income tax here in TN. I do not feel the property taxes are high, at least where I live, plus I live in the county. The sales tax is what gets you here, 9.5%. But honestly it would be weird having income tax now that I have lived here for a few years.

I feel anxiety pretty much all day at work, I get anxiety when I open emails, hear my phone ring, etc. And I work a supposed dream job at insurance company, from home, with field visits. But it is not a pleasant job. The work is never ending, you often deal with unpleasant people, etc. I have been in this field for about 6 years, I am def burned out. I am looking for a new job. I am so miserable, I do not want to spend life being miserable, depressed, and anxious. And I ONLY feel this way because of my job, everything else in my life is good! To the OP, you should def look for a new job. There has got to be something that won't make you feel like that. I often wish I could take a few months off because of feeling so burned out on nursing, but can't afford to.

There is nothing wrong with not wanting to work in a hospital. My first RN job was in a doctor's office. Most of the nurses there were LPN's. The pay was very low, but I liked the job. I find now that there are few RN's in the office setting. They usually don't NEED an RN to do the types of things done in the average MD office.