So...where else do you work?

[natnurse23]

hi all,

for those of you who don't work in a hospital setting, what do you do??

im just wondering what other fun or creative things people are doing as a nurse. (even if you dont do it personally..if you know of it)

thanks a bunch!

[nurseofalltrades]

I work in a nursing home and a prison

[BaRNs]

women's clinics (if you don't mind being very focused in only one aspect of your profession)

outpatient centers (narrow focus on your particular specialties provided at your clinic)

SNFs (must master multi-tasking and supervision)

Drs offices (for the nurse that wants a steady 9-5er)

cancer treatment centers (must have a ginormous heart)

school nursing (if you don't mind being overworked!)

inmate nursing (not for the squeemish or easily rattled)

plastic surgery offices (pt intake nurse positions as well as PACU style and Anesthesia {advanced degree required of course} positions available here)

Nurse educators (with substantial experience down the road in your career, God knows we need more, but you have to be willing to get a masters and take a large paycut for it...seems odd, but it's true. Why do you think we have such a bad shortage of them...?)

Shipboard nursing (cruise industry has a minimum of one and often 3+ aboard many of the larger/newer cruise lines vesels, LOADS of fun)

Travel nursing (not the hospital kind, but the abroad kind to developing or even 3rd world countries, can be very rewarding in both personal fulfillment and financially)

There are many many many others, but I have known at least one nurse that has done each of the above. The best part about being a nurse is with a few years experience in an acute care setting you can get any of these jobs with little effort (with the exception of shipboard nurse as these jobs are coveted). If you want to market yourself as an RN you will need to get that 'hospital' type nursing under your belt for a couple years minimum. Most travel nursing agencies won;t accept your application until you have a year minimum acute care experience. Lots of times if you travel in the US you are going to facilities where nurses are on strike and you have to be willing to cross picket lines to go to work and suffer the snears of fellow nurses. They all have advantages and disadvantages and all of them have pts that can benefit from your care. :)

Congrats on choosing nursing. Keep up the studying.

[natnurse23]

Wow! great reply. thanks alot for your input.:)

[Otessa, BSN, RN]

Clinic-Clinical staff educator after more than 16 yrs. in a hospital setting

otessa

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

I'm currently an APN in a nephrology practice. However, I will be starting a part time position as an APN in an ER soon.