I'm going to be in school full time for at least a year and a half starting in January (Monday through Friday mornings, with 2-3 afternoon labs scattered throughout the week), and I am finally coming to terms with the idea that a weekend option position might be best. However, I am really getting tired of bedside nursing, and it looks like most non-bedside positions are M-F 9-5, which is absolutely not doable.
I also need either a benefitted position or big money, since I'm not married and there's no way I could afford health insurance out of pocket on anything close to the money I'm making right now.
I have found one non-bedside weekend position and have applied for it (a supportive care liaison between critical care and palliative care), but all I've found is that one position. I have also found a non-benefitted navigator position that only works Fridays and Saturdays, but that's not doable for me either due to the days I'd work plus the lack of benefits.
Do any of you work these sort of positions? What do you do, and how did you find the job?
Those are all really great ideas. The rounding nurse idea reminded me that our hospitalist team uses nurses to cover their pager and pass requests on. I will have to see if they have any openings.
Bed center, house supervisor in a SNF. I would say house supervisor in a hospital, but many times those positions require critical care experience (though that really depends).
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Access or bed management?