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I have a disability. It does not interfere with me lifting. I hesitate to give out specifics of my PPD, as so many people are so quick to tell me everything that I can't do.

I am in nursing school now.

What jobs could there be for me? Is there anything part time for an RN?

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

I understand not wanting to give out details. But we can't really help you unless we know a little about the nature of your disability, even if you only specify whether it's physical or mental.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

Viva is right. We can't give you job suggestions unless we know what types of limitations your disability causes and/or what types of accommodations you might need.

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I have chronic pain. Nerve damage and degenerative joint disease in my right knee. I can't stand up all day. Sometimes I don't sleep. I need varied physical positions to make it through the day. I know I can manage it with something part time, but nobody says anything nice when I ask about part time possibilities.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

Assuming you already have experience as a nurse ...

I would consider positions in which you work from home on the telephone. I have friends who work for insurance companies as case managers. They maintain a case load of clients, helping them navigate the health care system... making sure their clients are getting the services they need ... following up with paperwork ... etc.

Other people do "telephone triage." I don't know much about that, but I know such people screen phone calls and direct the callers to the proper services. They can also give some health care advice based on protocols.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
I have chronic pain. Nerve damage and degenerative joint disease in my right knee. I can't stand up all day. Sometimes I don't sleep. I need varied physical positions to make it through the day. I know I can manage it with something part time, but nobody says anything nice when I ask about part time possibilities.
It has nothing to do with being nice. It may be that you are just not hearing what you want to hear.

You are looking for a nursing program that will allow you to do part time....there really aren't any. They are set in stone with clinical hours set in stone by the facilities with the specific amount of hours required to sit for the NCLEX set by the nursing boards.

"Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted" Ralph Waldo Emerson

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