Types of Nursing Jobs

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So I'm a Senior in High School, and I do want to do nursing like neonatal maybe, but i was wondering if there were any nursing jobs were you don't deal with patients directly.

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You could do research, phone triage, work as a consultant for a insurance agency, sales for a medical/pharm company, the list goes on. But, these positions would almost always want a nurse with patient care experience.

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Nursing informatics and working with health care information systems.

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Specializes in geriatrics/long term care.

Above poster is right. Most non patient care positions are based on nurses using their knowledge, experience, and expertise to enhance or enrich other services(business, legal or insurance consultant). But you don't bring much to the table if you have absolutely no patient care experience. I would resign myself to at least 5 years in the field getting my feet wet before jumping off into any type of consulting job.

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

If you don't really want to work as a bedside nurse I wouldn't advise nursing. Nursing school alone consists of numerous hours of bedside nursing practice in which you are doing things that a nurse will never have to do in most places, and will have to do to exhaustion in others. If you think you wouldn't enjoy direct patient nursing then really, I'd recommend bio med or biology in general. Microbiology is a very popular one.

As for jobs outside of nursing, a lot of nurses I know who don't like bedside nursing get their associates degree in biotechnology and work for pharm and lab companies as administrators and supervisors.

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How about something along the lines of investigating life/accident/disability/health insurance claims?

My credentials would make well suited for that - nursing experience or not.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

I'm very interested to know: why nursing? What interests you about the field minus the patients? I'm truly curious, because nursing is a patient-focused profession. Most nurses I know went into the field because they enjoy people contact and interaction with others. You are the 2nd poster in a short while who has expressed interest in becoming a nurse, minus the patients.

Take patient-interaction away from nursing and you will still have a profession of sorts. However, as has been expressed, those career paths that allow you to function as a nurse without patient care will mostly require years of experience caring for patients.

To be totally honest, I worry that the downturn in the economy and the constant media hype that:

1) Anyone and every can be a nurse: Out of work? Go to Nursing School!

2) Nursing is a recession-proof field: and

3) There is a nursing shortage

has produced a generation of nurse-wannabe's that want the guaranteed "big buck" :lol2: career without the true focus of nursing: the patient.

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Specializes in FNP.

Most of the allied health professions are predominately patient care related. There are positions that are indirect, or as someone else suggested, far removed in something like insurance or informatics. However, it takes time and patient care experience to get those jobs.

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Specializes in geriatrics, home care, wound care.

From my perspective, there is no way to avoid experience in direct patient care if you want to be a nurse. Patient care is at the center of the nursing profession. Nursing caters to the need of patient care, be it from an administrative, educational, or direct patient care. Regardless, in order to become a nurse you will need to complete clinicals which involve direct patient care. I am curious as well to know, "why choose nursing if you do not want to care for patients?" But more curious to know why do you not want to care for patients? Are you apprehensive? If so, id like to encourage you that everyone is apprehensive about starting a new job that involves things that are not familiar to them. Give caring for patients a chance before you let your apprehension get the best of you. :lol2::nurse:

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If you don't really want to work as a bedside nurse I wouldn't advise nursing. Nursing school alone consists of numerous hours of bedside nursing practice in which you are doing things that a nurse will never have to do in most places, and will have to do to exhaustion in others. If you think you wouldn't enjoy direct patient nursing then really, I'd recommend bio med or biology in general. Microbiology is a very popular one.

As for jobs outside of nursing, a lot of nurses I know who don't like bedside nursing get their associates degree in biotechnology and work for pharm and lab companies as administrators and supervisors.

yeah, but I began to wonder if people that are NOT nurses can get into this field following the same path you outlined, above?

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Hi,

i am interested to know why people choosing to nursing job?how to knew nursing job is the best services company.

nursing job provide different type job Just think of different kinds of nurses in different situations and you'll see what I mean.here is some type of nursing job.......

.Medical Assistant >>

.Medical Surgical Nurse >>

.Neonatal Nurse >>

.Nurse Anesthetist >>

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