remote positions for NPs

Trauma Columnist · Mar 10, 2019

Do you mean like insurance or something like that?

momofm1998 · Mar 11, 2019

Actually, I am asking what kinds of remote home based employment may exist for NPs. There are so many nurses in every field on this site and I am sure know so much more than I do about "what opportunities are out there" for NPs. I have learned so much just scanning the different forums. No one tells you about any jobs on graduation from nursing school other than hospital based bedside jobs, and you are kind of on your own graduating from the NP program.
I am just tired of the rat race of primary care, rush the patient through, after hours on the EMR, after hours call backs, coding, all about the numbers, in my hurry-did I do right for the patient?, 10 hour days that are actually 14 hours in reality, driving 90 minutes to cover a distant clinic. I would take a cut in pay to work from home, to be able to at least be within walking distance from a child I have that is partially disabled instead of being 45-60 miles away if there were an emergency.
And yes, I know, work from home means productivity and work, not leisure or family time. I have an RN friend who works for an insurance company that said it is just like on site work, clock in on time, work, take a 15 minute break, clock back in, work and clock out at 5 PM. She said every key stroke is monitored.

Michelle91518 · Jul 2, 2019

Hi, I feel very similar to you and needed to get out of primary care. I took a position last year doing in-home health assessments for Medicare patients. Not responsible for the patient any longer than the hour that I’m there and once I’m done charting (which I do have to finish at home but nowhere near as terrible as when I was a PCP) the work is actually over. It is not perfect of course and at times I go to unsafe areas and drive all over the place. There is more flexibility with hours and the pay is pretty decent. The main downside I have right now is it feels unstable because my schedule has not been completely booked in some time - luckily I am salaried but I don’t know how long this can go on. I am also looking for any work from home positions - I will let you know if I come across any opportunities. Hopefully there is something out there for us.

PMHNP Man, MSN, APRN, NP · Jul 2, 2019

I do some optional extra work from home via telemed. I did 29 hours in June after hours and will get paid about $5,330 for those hours.

The offer has been made to leave my full-time position for more work from home, but I don't feel secure about that so now it'll just supplement what I make at my full-time job.

I also do some after hours consulting ($150/hr) elsewhere and don't prescribe or really even go to the trouble to diagnose anything which is nice.

A couple of years ago I'd have said I wish I'd started being a PMHNP earlier in life. At his point, however, I wouldn't choose anything "healthcare" as a career.

I contemplated applying for a bureaucracy nurse job at the VA (non-clinical) and figure I'd make about 20-30k less per year and making it up in other revenue streams, but the position closed before I got around to applying. I'm that tired of it all.

**If there's an easier way let me know.**