Β #NurseBurnout #HealthcareStress #CareerChange #NewBeginnings
Hey fellow nurses and ex-nurses! π Are you feeling burnt out from patient-centered care like I am? I’ve been in the healthcare field for 20 years and I’m ready for a change. It’s tough out there with the short staffing and resources being cut left and right.
I’m in my mid-40s, no kids, and single, and I’m looking for a new career path that’s not nursing or healthcare-related. Any suggestions on what I could transition into that is fulfilling and pays decently? I would truly appreciate any insight you can offer!
Some possible solutions I’m considering include:
– Transitioning into healthcare administration or education π₯
– Pursuing a career in counseling or therapy for a different perspective π
– Exploring opportunities in the tech industry, like healthcare technology π»
Let me know if you have any other ideas or if you’ve made a successful career pivot yourself! Your input could really help me and others in a similar situation. Let’s support each other through this challenging time! #SupportingEachOther
Travel medicine! I’ve been doing it for about a year now. I meet with people who are traveling internationally for vactions, research, thesis, or humanitarian efforts who need vaccines or medications (ex. altitude sickness, malaria prohylaxis). I see one person (or family) at a time, and have learned so much about the world. I make more than I made as staff in the hospital, I have nights/weekend/(paid)holidays off, and I make my own hours. Corporate can be a pain in my ass sometimes but i work mostly autonomously under our Med Directors standing orders.
I went to CRNA school. My first year as an ICU RN was a learning curve. But as a CRNA now, my patient interaction is minimal
I work in the Quality Management department of my hospital!
Case management, it’s a very office job, I work in the ED. So its resources for detox and setting up taxis and BLS transport back to facilities, sometimes rehab placement for people who fell ect. to get PT/OT ata rehab for 30 days.
There is utilization review with even less patient contact that can be done at home depending on who you work for. It was what I was originally trying to get, I figured I would work a year and then get an at home job.
But ED case management it is. It’s 12 hrs so that’s nice, a lot are 5 days a week.
Not a nurse but was in healthcare treating patients. I left the hospital and went to work for a vendor of one of the machines we used. The familiarity with the equipment is valuable to many of the companies who supply equipment to hospitals.
Pharma sales or medical device sales.
I donβt know how much they make but have you thought of becoming a school nurse. Iβve known a handful of nurses have gone into school nursing. Decent hours, you get off for all school breaks. You can even possibly get paid extra to be a medical professional on site for school events outside school hours.
Or a nursing recruiter. Recruit for people/businesses that need nurses. Your on the job acquired knowledge would help you determine what would benefit both the client and recruit.
My wife does nursing education
Requires a Masters however
Not me but my bestie got burnt out during covid and now she works in a fancy shmancy aesthetic dermatologists office and basically just assists the derms with Botox and fillers. The office is so so nice and the people she works with are super nice too (me and my new plump lips would know π)