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| I am a RN and work in an ICU. Possibly looking for a change. Looking around for me thinking what else is out there that I haven't thought of or didn't know was out there. Where do you work? And any additional training/certifications needed? |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | I work in an office and do a variety of things. No extra school. Work pays for certifications and seminars if they feel we need them on certain products. Where are you at currently? What kind of job are you looking for? Have you thought about taking a sabbatical just to get your life back on track? Is it possible to save as much as you can this year and next year take a 6 month sabbatical from work entirely to figure out where you want to go from here?
Do some soul searching, you'll find your niche.
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| I currently work in an ICU. I would like something more family friendly. Not knowing when I'm going to get off and mandatory overtime I think I'm burnt out. |
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Location: Nebraska | I'm working on my Master's in Informatics for when I get tired of bedside nursing. I currently work in Progressive Care, which is like a step down unit. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Almostafarm - 2017-02-17 3:25 PM I currently work in an ICU. I would like something more family friendly. Not knowing when I'm going to get off and mandatory overtime I think I'm burnt out.
Burn out was my problem.
I would seriously look into a Sabbatical. Do some reading up on it and what you are supposed to do on one. I think it would help.
Alone time is needed and is healthy. |
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| I teach high school. I am a registered radiology technologist, I loved it the first 20 years but the last 7 not so much. Using my experience and completing 18 hours in education I became a Health Science Education teacher and HOSA advisor. I LOVE IT if I had know it was this much fun I would have done it 35 years ago. I love the kids. I love the activities I love every thing about it. I know most people think its a 8-3 job but nope. I work year around and usually from 7-4:30 because with HOSA my kids compete and so I stay after to help prep them a lot of days. Like 3-4 days a week from Sep to March. I have been teaching for 15 years and just today went to competition with one of the kids and she won 2nd so we are headed to state competition.  so excited. |
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Location: Armuchee, GA, NW section of Ga | You would need some additional ed, but MDS Coordinator in LTC, or RNAC, resident nurse assessment coordinator/care plan coordinator. IT is basically assessing the resident on a form for reimburement by Medicare/medicaid. Usually a 9-5 job, but detailed because you control the finances that come into the facility or not. I did this job for many years. FIrst pen/paper, eventually it was computerized. Now it has become really detailed. And you write care plans specifically for each resident. Eventually you should be able to get on with big corps, travel around to audit and aide facilities to max reimburse. I enjoyed it.
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| Do they not have RNs in a primary care setting out there ? They use em a lot here in cali and it's 9-5 and easy paced. |
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| Most primary care in my area have medical techs and LPNs. |
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| I'm an RN case manager for a home care agency. I love the flexibility and the freedom it gives me with a family. There are days I get frustrated with the amount of paperwork and travel. But for me the good things out weigh the bad. |
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Location: Warsaw,NY | I have been a RN since 1998. there are ares out there I didnt know existed. My favorite job was Electrophysiology, it was the most fun job and so much to learn. I currently work in transplant (kidney,Pancreas) on call is great $$, the job is M-F job, although i work 4 10 hr shifts. we have flex time so can manipulate our hrs some. Very challengin D/T alot of non compliance. |
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| I don't know your education level but what about going back to school to teach? nursing schools swear there is a shortage... or what about something like working at a birthing center? |
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Location: Kentucky | I am an RN with an associate degree and I now work in Residential for girls 12-18 with behavioral and/or mental health problems. They are not medically fragile so they are healthy. It really is an eye opener to today's family and educational issues, but very fulfilling when you make a difference in a child's life. I really never see myself going any place else, but I do miss the skills side of nursing sometimes. |
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Location: Texas | My company uses RNs to train other on the monitors we sell. It is a lot of travel but it is an option that is out there |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | i have no idea what it takes to be qualified for this but
I had a friend several years ago that was a contract/on demand surgical nurse.
Worked when she wanted and or when she was needed and made very good money |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | Almostafarm - 2017-02-17 4:25 PM I currently work in an ICU. I would like something more family friendly. Not knowing when I'm going to get off and mandatory overtime I think I'm burnt out.
Phoebe is the pitts. Best thing Scarlett ever did was get away from there. She works 3 days a week now. M_W. and loves it. A lot of offices here in Albany let the girls work part time like that. The only problem is - the pay isn't what the hospital pays.
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