side job/second job?

[lalalalexi]

So I am a fairly recent new grad working on a busy med/surg floor. I work almost full time, and I am already afraid I'm going to get burnt out. Even through school I knew I probably didn't want to work full-time since I get stressed out easily. But they offered me the hours and the paycheck is nice. I have started thinking of other things I could maybe do on the side so I could just do nursing part time and then something else a day or two a week. The only problem is the money...I can't make anywhere near what I would make per day as a nurse so it seems silly to go out and work at a retail store or something when I could work the same hours and get paid twice as much as an RN.

Does anyone out there work a separate job? Ever hear any good suggestions of something else to do, in addition to nursing? I'd be open to just about anything.

[odinhoub2422]

PaddingtonRN

How did you get the medispa job, did you go through training somehere?

[carolmaccas66, BSN, RN]

A 2nd job won't help. Ur burned out & depressed, & need a day off so you can actually relax and de-stress. U think a non nursing job WON'T be more stressful?

Try to cut down to 0.4 FTE instead of the 5 days p/week.

U need time for yourself & to find what u enjoy, & to find out what does not stress u out.

[carolmaccas66, BSN, RN]

Another twist and tip. If the hospital job calls you and asks you to come in and gets your answering machine, then has the nerve to ask you in front of a everyone at a staff meeting why you couldn't come in- don't say you were caring for an elderly parent(which in my case was true). The nurse manager will add the verbiage to her answering machine- that she is a "family" educator and will make you go down to the nursing education dept where you will be met by the nursing educator who will strongly encourage you to put your elderly mother in a nursing home!( when I said that was not possible, money is an issue for my family- it was days later I was terminated) HR refused to hear the fact that I had to take my 83 yr old mother out of her home because I was called by the police 2 times she was wandering and has a gas stove and is on cardiac meds, my sisiter had to get guardianship of her and we were sharing her care. To put an elder in a nursing home -either all their assets need to be turned over to the state for medicaid qualification, or you pay app $6,000 or more/month out of pocket for their stay. This was a HOSPITAL HR dept and a HOSPITAL "NURSE MANAGER"- These HOSPITAL's in our country could care less about staff nurses or patients. I had a pocket Sony voice recorder in my purse recording this termination meeting w/ HR and the Nurse manager.! I went to Unemployment and notified the Dept of Labor, My temporary full time position was @ my state department of health and I played the tape for them. The hospital in question just notified me in a letter that they took back all their Employer contribution from Met Life on my 401K-$15,000. I have another seperate 401K @ Met Life that has nothing to do w/ this hospital- I now have to call Met Life to make sure this hospital did not gouge/steal money from this account. Just a word to the wise.

Disgusting. I would be seeing a lawyer re the money.

[paddingtonRN]

odinhoub2422: i was trained on the job, i had no previous experience. in my area spas are pretty 50/50 about requiring experience or being willing to train. hope that helps!

[advicenurse1, ADN, BSN, RN]

I worked full-time ER and Med/surg for a long time and was totally burned out. Why don't you try some type of telephone nursing job? that's what I did. I work fulltime, 8-5, mon-fri doing telephone triage where the only contact I have with patients is over the phone, I sit and am not on my feet all day. As a side job I do med/surg. I only work on the floor 2-3 days a month so not to get burned out and if I don't feel like going, I don't schedule myself. Its limiting to make up your nursing salary with other jobs. The good thing with nursing is that you have many options.

[Jedrnurse, BSN, RN]

I've done dog walking on the side. It wasn't a lot of money, but time around dogs was a natural mood elevator. (and a bit of extra exercise as well)

[EDNURSE20, BSN]

I saw YouTube video from glamour that showed one person making 40k a year from selling her worn underwear on Craigslist.....

[Jedrnurse, BSN, RN]

1 hour ago, Newgradnurse17 said:

I saw YouTube video from glamour that showed one person making 40k a year from selling her worn underwear on Craigslist.....

...and she supported recycling at the same time!