SLOW PACED RN JOBS

Libby1987 · Jan 4, 2015

Quality improvement/Risk Mgmt?

Staff education and development?

State auditor?

Public Health?

? because I'm not positive that those are still slower paced but they used to be.

caliotter3 · Jan 4, 2015

Extended care home health, night shift. You may find cases where you do little more than to monitor the patient throughout the night, however the routine nature of these cases usually keeps them pegged at the LPN/LVN level, for which more and more employers refuse to pay an RN more than they would pay the LPN/LVN to work the same case.

dudette10, MSN, RN · Jan 4, 2015

Some private duty home care cases. I was on a case, and it was so slow-paced, I was bored to tears. Quit after five months.

rnm10 · Jan 4, 2015

To dudette: What was your position? Did you work 24 hours at home?

rnm10 · Jan 4, 2015

To Libby & caliotter: Thanks for the suggestions guys. It's a big help for my job hunting!

caliotter3 · Jan 4, 2015

You can't get much slower than some home care cases. It would help if you asked the staffing coordinators for slow paced work as they will be inclined to want to maximize your RN qualifications. If you do not want this, you would have to let them know from the get go.

dudette10, MSN, RN · Jan 4, 2015

To dudette: What was your position? Did you work 24 hours at home?

Home care is when you go into a patient's home; it's not something you do in your own home. I worked 12 hours a shift with one client. She did not need 24 hour care. She was independent, but she had a disorder that severely affected her energy level, pulmonary function, and GI motility. I essentially pushed meds thru her central line all day, then set up TPN before I left. It paid very well, but BORING!

Libby1987 · Jan 4, 2015

Intermittent skilled home health visits can be slow paced if you work part time for an agency that pays by the visit and you limit yourself to a lower number of visits in a day, but you will take a hit in your income. OTOH, if you can afford to, it's a good way to learn HH and later you can increase your productivity.