Quality of life and part-time

speedynurse, ADN, BSN, RN, EMT-P · Jul 21, 2020

I have never been able to afford to go part time but at some point, I would love to go part time and then pick up a paramedic or nursing teaching job to make up for the rest of the income. I know there are plenty of nurses at my facility that have gone part time or PRN.

Chickenlady · Jul 21, 2020

I did this recently. Full time job went to 50% time (to keep benefits) and then two PRN gigs to pick up the rest of the time. For the last 2 months I've had more work offered than I'm willing to pick up. It is working well so far, but you will probably have the worry that someday their won't be enough work available--I do.

Sour Lemon · Jul 21, 2020

1 hour ago, morelostthanfound said:
I know this has probably been discussed before, but has anyone gone from full-time to part-time and then picked up a side gig at another facility. I'm strongly considering this very option and haven't even ruled out taking a lower paying non-nursing job-something like one day a week. I'm reaching maximum burn out and think this may be a viable option. Please give me your thoughts

That could be awful, depending on the requirements of each job and how the scheduling is done. People with two jobs always seem stressed about making them work around each other, unless they have complete control of their schedules (and well in advance).

Weekend and holiday requirements should also be considered. My per diem job requires one major "Winter" holiday, for example. If I had two jobs, I might be required to work two major Winter holidays instead of one.

The only reason I would consider two part time jobs would be to test the waters if I planned to jump ship.