Work From Home

Blatant Shannon · Jun 30, 2021

I went from a staff nurse on a medical-surgical unit to a travel nurse. After a couple of years, I decided to take what I've learned and how I think and designed a blog. I wanted something in between funny and informational. I also am working on making a series on Youtube with all the characters I've designed. I love drawing and coloring, I love talking about nursing topics I feel confident talking about. It's an intense amount of work, but I don't have the fear of going to court. To me, that's worth it.

You have to be a real go-getter when it comes to working for yourself though. It keeps me fully occupied, but I enjoy just about every aspect of it.

I know many nurses work for insurance companies from home. I hear UnitedHealthcare is often looking for nurses. I hope this helps.

Editorial Team / Moderator · Jun 30, 2021

18 hours ago, JerseyGirl1213 said:

I know many nurses have posted about this, but I can’t find anything recent. Please don’t judge me, but I am at a point in my life and career where I want minimal to no contact with patients and pretty much work behind the scenes. No wknds or holidays. I’m very tech savvy and task oriented. Variety of experience. I would REALLY love to work from home and know there are a plethora of nurses wanting this, too, but I don’t know anyone personally who is doing this. If you work from home, would you please give details on your job and what you like/don’t like? Thank u in advance!

There is a great facebook group called Remote Nursing Jobs that has excellent resources. When I joined the group in 2019 (when I started working from home), there were about 2000 members. It's up to more than 60,000 members now if that gives you an idea of the demand for remote positions.

I work from home doing clinical appeals. It took me about a year to get an interview, even pre-COVID. I had a standard rotation of company career sites that I checked often (sometimes daily): Anthem, Aetna (now CVS Health), Humana, United Healthcare, Cigna. Other potentials that hire nurses include Ciox, Cotiviti, and Centene (though it's rumored that Centene employees will go back in the office in September). I also had a search set up on Indeed for "remote nurse" with no location set. I didn't apply through Indeed, but I would look up the job on the actual company site. Also, the job search on LinkedIn will sometimes connect you with company recruiters.

I would suggest that you start by looking at the various opportunities that are available and see what fits your skills or interests. You have to help potential employers translate your skills and experience to the jobs they are offering. Applicants with 10, 20, 30 years are plentiful, but the ones who get noticed are the ones that tailor their resumes to the jobs being offered so that they see what you have to offer or how you can fit in. I treated my remote job search like a part-time job, and it ultimately paid off. I do have to work a couple of weekends each year, but that is small potatoes to me. Good luck!

Cg134357 · Jul 12, 2021

I currently work for a health insurance company. I stated 6 months ago after working in a hospital in interventional radiology and ICU. I have been struggling with enjoying my nursing career since It began 7 years ago. I had been looking into working for insurance companies for a few years because working from home is very appealing, so 6 months ago I took that chance and took a job as a nurse Case manager. I do absolutely love working from home. But I am finding I do not enjoy this job either. I don't even have a full caseload yet but the days are very busy. Most calls are to patients after their hospitalizations but they are very time consuming and the documentation is even more time consuming. I personally have found that I am even more anxious with this job than I was in the hospital. I get extremely anxious before every call to the point that I feel I am going to have a panic attack. I dread every day and am always crossing my fingers that people don't answer. like I said I am newer in this role and new it would be a transition but I just don't think I can work like this, miserable every day. and its just going to get worse as my case load builds. I am a very quite and shy person and do have some social anxiety so IDK if thats why I am struggling so much. so if you are an outgoing person and enjoy talking to people you might like this. most of the calls are cold calls and people can definitely be hesitant as to why you are calling, but then some are very appreciative. like I said the case loads are very heavy and most of my colleagues are coming in early, skipping lunch, and working late. all while having a non stop fast paced work day, clicking through documentation and learning how to follow all of the rules and not miss PGs or turn around times (very business driven). I personally wish I would of gotten a job in UM over CM. IDK about their caseload, but they don't talk to people nearly as much. I personally feel this job is not for me. But it might be right for you. If you are outgoing, enjoy talking and education, and don't mind putting in extra hours than you might really like this kind of job. Oh one other thing is for the company I work for, as I can imagine the other companies are the same, you have to be licensed in every state. and tho they give you time to work on this in the beginning, it is extremely overwhelming and time consuming and besides being provided a company card, there was absolutely no help from the company with resources or information on how to get your licenses. I am still working on obtaining many and have many more to get yet. It's super time consuming and basically a full time job just to work on the licensure. I've spent quite a few Saturdays working on it. whatever you decide good luck and I hope it works out for you!!

Golden_RN, MSN · Jul 19, 2021

Check out government jobs - particularly county & state. Some RN jobs I know are WFH include county/state public health, government nurse consultant-type jobs & informatics.

vanurseny, MSN · Sep 17, 2021

I work from home as a triage nurse and am getting burned out with the amount of calls I get. I was thinking case management would be better from home because even 30 minutes with a patient is a luxury to me. I spend a few minutes with a patient and then document and repeat. I'm a fast typer and I work pretty quickly but that is leading to burn out. I'm applying to jobs with less pay for UM or CDI remote positions but no luck.

tumth · Nov 6, 2021

I think I would like working from home, but not even though a bit. I have the same feeling like Cg134357 posted. I am wonder if she still continue working with a insurance company.

jenrninmi, MSN, RN · Nov 25, 2021

I work from home doing case management/utilization review for a Women’s hospital and I love it. Actually, the case management is few and far between, it’s mostly just your. It’s the most stress-free position I’ve had in over 2 years.

TelephoneTriageRN · Apr 21, 2022

I made the switch to telehealth about 4 years ago and haven't looked back! We do have weekend/holiday rotations. But for me the benefits far outweigh the cons!

Advicenurse, ASN, BSN, RN · Apr 24, 2022

I have been working from home for about 4 years. I started out doing telephone triage. I transferred to a new position within the same hospital and now I just educate patients prior to surgery, procedure and obtain medical information from them. I make the calls and do not take incoming calls so basically work at my own pace. No weekends or holidays. My plan is to finish my nursing career here.

The_NeuroNurse · Jul 17, 2022

What’s the title of your position that you hold now? Thanks in advance

nuangel1, BSN, RN · Aug 14, 2022

I have been a nurse 35 years .I had to leave my Hospice IPU position.I have asthma and since I had Covid its worse .I can no longer wear a N95.So I updated my resume and went on job search.I now work 100 percent WFH doing clinical reviews and pre auths for health insurance company.I did not have utilization review experience but I worked hospice admissions and was a casemanager .I am making equivalent pay to my last position.Company provides the equipment .I work mon thru fri. no weekends or holidays .I really like it.