When you leave nursing, what are to planning to do for a second career????????
After over 20 years in nursing, I am looking forward to starting
a second career. I am interested to know what types of
fields/jobs, members who have left nursing are considering.
I am still second career window shopping, but its looking like a
job in a wellness field like fitness is appearing like the path I will
pursue. :)
As nurses we have alot of skills to offer so I am really looking forward
to a new career adventure!
you're options are endless. case management, legal nurse consulting, get into the spa industry, depending on where you live you can give botox and chemical peels. BIG $$$$, BIG!!!!, occupational health, work with a plastic surgeon, insurance (for all those ex patients and drs who have pissed you off) 'i don't care that they have 2 mos left to live you have 5 hours to get them out" the only reason you don't do anything is cuz you don't want to. Good luck to you. and if you choose the botox route, i get 50% off!!!
I plan on being a beach bum and collecting s****s and reading books when I'm done nursing
maybe open up a beach bar on an island somewhere....
Been asking myself that question for a long time. Been thinking "when I'm making enough" with my side business, what then.
The truth is, I don't think I'll ever leave the bedside entirely. For all the nonsense, politics and abuse my wife and I deal with, we love our jobs too much.
There are a large number of nurses looking to get out, the options are many. Being a nurse and doing patient care makes you very valuable to:
* Insurance companies (as case managers, utilization review, quality assurance)
* Medical supply companies (as salespeople, product demonstrators/giving inservices)
* Attorneys specializing in Malpractice/Personal Injury (work as a legal nurse consultant reviewing cases to determine merit)
To name just a few.
I started a website way back when,
http://www.nursingentepreneurs.com it is a directory of nurse-owned businesses. You can contact nurses directly, see what kind of businesses they have started and get ideas on what you may want to do.
Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4nursing.comi'll be somewhere in the community doing some mother theresa stuff practicing the vow of poverty...thats during DAYTIME....
but comeNIGHT TIME...
...i'll be lurking somewhere in the house with my pc doing medical transcription for some remote employers practicing my vow of opulence!;)
jahra wrote:When you leave nursing, what are to planning to do for a second career????????
After over 20 years in nursing, I am looking forward to starting
a second career. I am interested to know what types of
fields/jobs, members who have left nursing are considering.
I am still second career window shopping, but its looking like a
job in a wellness field like fitness is appearing like the path I will
pursue. :)
As nurses we have alot of skills to offer so I am really looking forward
to a new career adventure!
Hi there,
I tried to go into the fitness field about 10 years ago. I got cetified as a personal trainer through the American Council on Exercise. I found my favorite clients to be the near middle aged folks who had decided to get themselves in shape. They were motivated but very intimidated. The problem that I encountered was not getting the clients but working with the health clubs themselves. They were glad to pay me $6.00 per hour to work as staff but I was not allowed to bring my private clients in-even if they were club members. This blocked me from collecting the $50.00 per hour that I could've been earning. Of course I was welcomed to make the investment into my own facility or at lease purchase a lot of equipment and rent the space. I did investigate it and Isuppose I could've mustered the courage and or the capital to make a go of it but I relented. What I did do was design a series of education programs that I taught in the local adult night school. It was a minimal income; certainly nothing to live on but I did enjoy it. Good luck
R
There are so many options when you leave the bedside. Consulting, Sales, Law, Pharmaceutical companies. Many companies look for nurses because of their intimate knowledge of bedside care and working with families/physicians.
Long as you have your health. If you're leaving the field be cause of injury/disability, you choices may be signiicantly limited.
http://www.nursefriendly.com/disabled/
This website is an excellent resource in that case:
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