I have been an Air Force inpatient nurse for 4 years and am looking to move away from the bedside while continuing to serve patients/customers in a M-F, 9-5 position. Discharge Planning, Case Management, and Care Coordinator spots have caught my eye so far, but I'm stuck and wanting to expand my search outside of hospitals.
My first thought was insurance companies... Where else could I put my BSN and passion for coordination and organization to good use?
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Hi Amber,
Thanks for your question and for your service! I'd recommend checking out the "Community" tab on ACP AdvisorNet. You can search by industry (Healthcare) and then look at all the advisors who have marked that as their experience. From there you can message people directly to connect. It's a great way to build your network and learn more about different opportunities in the industry.
Hope this helps!
Hi Amber,
One option is going into Legal Nurse Consulting (LNC).
This can take many forms:
*Often LNC work is acting a lot like a paralegal, but related to organizing files in medical malpractice cases.
*It can be done for either the plaintiff (patient) or defense (medical professional) side.
*It can be done as an employee (more common with the defense) or contractor, part or full time.
*There is also work giving expert testimony.
*Sometime there is even work helping attorneys develop their strategy (what my wife doesn't primarily).
This is the most central site for this community:
https://lncexchange.com/
-Paul
Three thoughts come to mind:
One: Care management in the pharmaceutical industry.
Two: "Nurse Recruiter" for one of the "traveling nurse" business.
Three: I suspect that there was something wrong with your selection of nursing as a career. But I don't know if it was a disillusionment with military service or nursing. In any event, have you taken the time to explore what your talents are? Kind of step back and ask, "what am I good at doing?"
Here is a link to a FREE web site that will help you better understand YOUR talents. And, with that in hand, perhaps you can re-calibrate your search for a job out of nursing. If you do this assessment and need help interpreting the results, feel free to contact me - also FREE. Dr. Hank
Amber,
One of the best resources for investigating an occupation the bureau of labor statistics, occupational handbook. Here is the link for nursing, it has a category for investigating similar occupations: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/registered-nurses.htm#tab-8
Another good tool is the O*Net interest profiler which, when completed will drop you into their data base of open positions, where you can "shop" for jobs that might interest you. Once you find the right fit, back up to find that job in an organization in the area where you want to live.
I hope that helps you.
Best regards,
Gene
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