My mother is an RN who has worked outside of the hospital environment for 16 years now. Who else is out there who is in the same boat? I know that Legal Nurse Consulting and Nurse Entrepreneurs are two fast-growing nursing careers. Tell us what you work as.

I worked in the hospital for over 20 years and have recently become a home health nurse. I care for one patient at a time and enjoy giving optimum care to my patient in their home. I don't miss the politics of hospitals or the overtime and mandatory this and that. I can have a flexible schedule that allows me more time with family which is more important than top salaries. Job satisfaction is most important. I love my job!

I work for an agency that care for the developmentally delayed in a home setting. One or two clients per home with 24/7 caretakers. It is a great challenge as dd clients are different every hour

I work at a state prison. It is a medium security facility.

I work as a school nurse. I love helping to keep the kids healthy.

Care home nurses! although i did have the query someone may be able to help with regarding how specialised care home nurses can get, as you can search for highly specialised nursing homes.

I presently work for a Human services agency with MR/MI cilents in private homes. I have also worked at a methadone clinic

I work in a very busy pediatric office.We have 2 doctors and 2 nurse practitioners. We see about 100 or so patients a day.. There are 4 nurses and 1 cna. I love my job and my patients. The benefits aren't bad either.

That is the same question I ask myself every day. What can I do besides hospital work? I graduated with my RN in June '07 and I felt I should get my feet wet at the hospital before doing anything else. I'm sure it was for the best, but man is it the pits! I am definitely not going to spend the next 20 years as a bedside nurse. It is a shame because I think I am a very compassionate nurse and I love the patients but the job is just too physically demanding and stressful due to lack of staffing. Still don't know what I'm going to do with this RN degree. I'm not looking to make the most money - just want to have a decent paying job that I truly enjoy.

..among those avenues mentioned RNs also seem to branch out further into the IT arena: Informatics & there alike. There's also case management with different paths: telephonic, @ hospitals & elsewhere. Case review, insurance, legal - in other words a lot of ways you can apply your skills set at.

My last job was chemical dependency nurse in a mental health hospital.

I have been a nurse for over 25 years. I did my hospital stint but since then I have done homecare, pediatric private duty, and most recently hospice nursing. I work prn for a hospice , generally on the 7p-7a shift. It can get hectic , but most of the time it is blessedly slow. The staff/patient ratio is exceptional(4/1 plus an aid) and it can be emotionally draining but rewarding. The families are a challenge and  actually giving nursing care to people as they die can be fulfilling. They must have an RN in house so I would work if there were no patients, a patient  might need to come into the inpatient unit.

     I am looking for something else because I need more work, our hospice is having census problems and rumors say it may be closing, and I need benefits(just diagnosed with breast cancer. Remarks about becoming a legal consultant or an entrepeneur. It is hard to work your way into being a legal consultant. All the hoopla are by the courses, Mazzlo and others that start you out. You pay several thousand dollars for their course. They supposedly help you start your career, but it is quite compettitive. I have seen want ads for legal nurses, but they want you to have writing and research skills. Many years ago a friend of mine had such a job but she had a stroke, couldn't handle the high pressure of such a job, and had to go to work in a nursing home. If you haven't done anything as an entrepeneur in addition to your hospital nursing career, you will probably have a hard time as an entrepeneur. I got my masters in nursing and was a Lactation Consultant, but was never able to earn any money with either. I don't have the assertiveness or whatever it takes to be a legal consultant or entrepeneur.

I'm a nurse for a managed care company. full time I have worked here for the past 9 years. I have worked previously in a large(1100+ bed )hospital, home health-was a DON at one point, home uterine monitoring, hospice & perfomed contracted  HEDIS review . I also work part time teaching on line-Med term, ethics, etc . Working in the hospital was not possible after my daughter was born. Somedays I miss my patients but as previously stated, I don't miss the politics or the mandatory demands.

Lyn

nursing my sick family member(ssss)  =(

preparing for my nclex so i can work whenever i want =)

I have had training as a Legal Nurse Consultant (although I haven't used it much) and now I teach high school CNA classes. Prior to this, I worked at a pediatric hospital on a cardiac floor.