Side Jobs for Nurses ????

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Anyone have ideas on what a nurse can do to obtain extra income after your 40 hours?

I am wound care certified however, it is hard to market yourself....

I was thinking some kind of private nursing but this takes so much time and I hold a 40 hour week job already....any ideas are helpful !!!

Just looking for opportunities for when you need just a little extra cash. Thanks !!!!

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Specializes in Med-Surg Nursing.

I signed up to sell Scentsy! They're wickless candles and practically sell themselves. I'm not looking to replace my income with Scentsy but figured the money can come in handy at Christmas time! The starter kit is only $99, which isn't bad. My sponsor is a really good Facebook friend who lives in Alaska! She's only been selling for a year and already made Director, she and her husband earned an all expense paid trip to Punta Cana in June. Most of her Scentsy selling has been done online.

Like I said, I am not looking to make a lot of money but a little bit extra doesnt hurt.

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I am working as a substitute nurse in several school districts in my area. Also, I do flu shot clinics this time of year. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post the name of the company I work for or their website. I am also a Mary Kay rep, but I was doing that before I became a nurse.

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Specializes in LTC.

Flu clinics are great for a little extra cash, PRN work-I looove PRN work- and because I make myself available, I get plenty of calls. I know two nurse/strippers if it floats your boat- One makes more dancing then she does at her nursing job. :jester:

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I also substitute as a school nurse on the side and flu clinics. I know another nurse who fills in as an office nurse when needed and one who helps give/grade PCT exams on weekends. They got into that by word of mouth.

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Specializes in retired LTC.

Suggestion if you want to stay in nsg - since you have wound certification, what about Home Health but only taking on wound care cases? I don't know if they hire nurses just for that, but you can ask Or what about teaching wound care to local NH & HH? Like a consultant - they have nurses who do that but they usually are representatives of wound care products or in sales..

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I bet you could easily get a treatment gig for the weekends,,I do PRN...I have recently just this past week tried home health as a side job,, some good points to it however after day 3 having to go to home depot and buy a 5 gal bucket and steal water from the neighbor so they could flush their toilet because the water was shut off,,day 4 finding phone disconnected, given the wrong new address and driving around like an ass for an hour wasting my gas and time,, and day 5 arriving to find the poor old lady telling me she is starving, hasn't eaten for a day and the daughter had given her a sleeping pill to make her sleep because it was easier for daughter to have her sleep rather than ask for food becuase she supposedly has it packed in the moving boxes and can't find it,,then they ask ME to go to the store to buy food .and daughter says her purse is packed in a moving box and they can't give me any money.,.,(UM I am 2 days from payday, almost broke and have 2 kids to feed myself) SO I go home and scrounge my pantry for some food and some chicken soup and buy some of the other stuff she wanted at the store..bring it back and they both ******* at me because I bought canned soup instead of ready to eat in a microwavable container because daughter says she doesn't want to try to find a bowl in her moving boxesll So ungrateful,,I hate Home Health and will stick to PRN..

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Specializes in PACU, pre/postoperative, ortho.

My sister & a couple friends teach CPR/first aid with American Heart & through our local community colleges. Her group was actually the ones that came to my school to do my nursing classes' certification. The classes are scheduled for her & she can also set up classes on her own & get paid as long as there are at least 8 people to be certified. Pay is pretty good too I think, plus mileage.

You do have to become a certified instructor, but if I remember correctly, it only takes 1-2 weekends.

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Specializes in nursing education.

Flu clinics, or home health skilled visits especially if there is a large agency where you can sign up for certain visits that are on your way home or to your regular job. You do have to be efficient and task oriented, and not allow yourself to be sucked into the drama. Home health case managers are the ones who should deal with finding food resources, etc. The fill-in visit nurse is there to do the dressing change or whatever skill is needed.

ETA: bratmobile, did you make a complaint of elder abuse or call the city about the sanitation issue of no running water?

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Flu clinics are great for a little extra cash, PRN work-I looove PRN work- and because I make myself available, I get plenty of calls. I know two nurse/strippers if it floats your boat- One makes more dancing then she does at her nursing job. :jester:

whats their number...lol

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