Published Jan 15, 2014
ousooner16
1 Post
Hello. I am new to this site, so forgive me if I am not posting in the right place. I have been a RN for 20 years, both in the hospital and in case management. I live in Oklahoma and have a BSN and MLS . I have a wonderful, disabled daughter that is requiring that I stay at home. I love my job as a float-pool nurse at the local hospital (16 hours a week), but I need another job that I can stay at home with. I would love to hear any ideals from you guys regarding telecommuting.
Been there,done that, ASN, RN
7,241 Posts
I telecommute for an insurance company. There are many work from home positions.
I don't know how much care your daughter would require, but other than my lunch break... I am constantly working.
nurseprnRN, BSN, RN
1 Article; 5,116 Posts
True that. So many people think that "work from home" means "sit around in your jammies and bunny slippers and pick up the phone from time to time." My office is too chilly for jammies, and when I am at work, I am at work.
There are a lot of those telecommuting jobs where they issue you the laptop and can track your activity there. In one insurance job, one Friday I had a vaca day but brought my laptop with me to finish up one small thing. My supervisor dinged me because I only did that one small thing that whole day (though I had already billed a full week's worth of work in the previous four). She was only a little bit mollified when I pointed out that it was a vacation day.
LVN2RNMom, ASN, BSN, LVN
387 Posts
Telecommuting means you will be monitored by big brother even more. You may find it difficult to move up and eventually you may grow tiresome of staying at home. It's hard for some cause they feel they never get out of the house. The people I know that do commute thought it was a dream at first but some fought to go back to the office.
Magnicious
9 Posts
My friend just last week got a job doing apple at home care. If you know a bit about IT, have a house phone, and internet then I would highly suggest applying there. They give you benefits day 1 and it's completely work from home.