Quest for more cash, what are my options as an RN?

[mhy12784]

Im surprised this question doesn't get asked more often, but what are some of the better options to make more money as an RN? What I really mean is career advancement options, including those that require advanced/terminal degrees.

Outside of CRNA (which we all know is the nursing cash cow) what are some of the more lucrative options to increasing your earnings as an RN (not necessarily even things that require you to be an RN, but having a history as an RN would help you progress in) ?

NP?

Nursing Faculty?

Nursing Administration/Leadership ?

Going from RN > Private Industry/Corporations (i really know next to nothing about how an RN would do this, but this does intrigue me. How viable is this and or would one do this ?)

Im not looking for a get rich quick scheme or anything of the sort. I love my job and what I do now I really do, but I also know that as my family grows im really going to need to increase my income substantially.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Learn how to insert PICC lines and midlines. In my area, the infusion nurses earn upwards of $400+ per insertion. They travel to nursing homes, specialty hospitals, and the homes of home health clients to insert PICCs and midlines.

You can work only a few days per week and earn upwards of $4,000 for 10 PICC line insertions. It seems lucrative to me.

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

Picking up overtime.

Picking up a PRN position to supplement a full time one.

Moving to a specialty that requires call and taking a lot of call (ask me how I know about that one).

Clinical laddering- can make up to $2/hour additional at my facility.

Keeping your current position while also working as adjunct faculty. (Don't go full time unless it's for the love of teaching- many faculty make less than clinical staff but there are other benefits.)

Getting a part time job outside of nursing. (Work with one who does home handyman type of stuff on the weekends, work with others who do Avon/Mary Kay/Scentsy/etc)

Move into a rep position somewhere. (Worked with several former RNs/STs who have gone on to be reps at the implant companies we use in our OR)

The possibilities are only limited to what you're willing to do. Many higher salary positions are going to have some sort of tradeoff, just like those that offer perks like weekends/summers off frequently have tradeoffs in salary.

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

For me, working as an independent contractor while having a steady W-2 job worked for me for years; I also worked as an IC for many years and that helped significantly.

[BSNbeauty, BSN, RN]

Nurse by day, stripper by night !!

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

Nurse by day, stripper by night !!

[Jules A, MSN]

Nurse by day, stripper by night !!

I could have used this sage advice 30 years ago, lol.

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

Nurse by day, stripper by night !!

Any places that pay you to put it back on?

[TiffyRN, BSN, PhD]

Nights/Weekend shifts adds something like $15/hr to my base due to me committing to being a "weekend" person. Pushed me into 6 figures last year with minimal on call shifts (I give as many of those away as I can). When I schedule myself for a shift or two not on the weekend, it noticeably affects my check.

[momof3lv]

Nurse by day, stripper by night !!

I had a 95 year old patient tell me this. She was like you would make more money. Haha. I told her she was probably right.

[momof3lv]

I sell It Works products (that crazy wrap thing) as a side business. It's fun and it pretty good money. I'm making a few extra thousand a month with it. It will hopefully be my ultimate retirement plan.

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

I earn close to 6 figures working from home for an insurance company. Unsure if that qualifies as a cash cow.

Can't beat the commute.