11 Non Bedside Nursing Jobs You Can Do From Home

If you’re thinking about switching nursing careers or have considered leaving clinical nursing behind for good, this video will help you learn more about remote and non-bedside nursing jobs.
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[@remotenursefern]

Hey fellow Ferns! Thanks for hanging out - please drop any non-bedside/remote nursing questions in the comments 🫶 (And we are endlessly thankful for your likes and shares)

[@natashap6453]

This video is so helpful!!!

[@remotenursefern]

Thank you for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate your kind words. 🫶

[@MariE-go7ol]

I am a certified case manager now for only 5 years in a acute hospital and it is not a remote position at least where I am and we have 24,32 and 40 hr positions. I work in a very large hospital system in California and these positions are only at the hospital and it does involve patient rounding with the doctors once a day followed by hours of charting, phone calls and meetings. It’s similar to a PA position. It’s tough to get in without bedside experience and exposure at some time in your career, though not impossible especially if you have a Masters degree then you can skip the bedside experience. I feel new grads should experience the clinical bedside position because it not only teaches invaluable skills but you learn team dynamics , organizational skills and strategies, prioritizing and you gain a lot of confidence in your abilities. I couldn’t imagine being called a nurse without truly experiencing bedside nursing and this is my opinion after over two decades of nursing under my belt that includes nearly every specialty except pediatrics or newborn. In my opinion, most of us get into nursing to help people and you’ll never truly feel those rewards unless you start at the bedside. Your content is interesting. Wondering what your background is in nursing? ✌️

[@remotenursefern]

ER, ICU, CCT, CDI, consulting, content creation/freelancing, entrepreneurship

[@CulturalDoldrums]

Hi Fern, immensely grateful for your content. Any advice for an inpatient psych RN trying to get into data abstraction?

[@remotenursefern]

Hi! If you aren't already - see if there are any quality initiatives you can get involved with on your unit that you'd be able to highlight on your resume. This includes chart auditing - see if your leads/management need help with chart checks. Getting involved with committees and process improvement activities is helpful as well. Look for things like unit practice council, superuser EMR needs, LEAN teams, etc. And just keep applying!

[@user-hd7up8ll6h]

Do I have to get any certification to become utilization review nurse??? Need little guidance. Thank you

[@remotenursefern]

Don't worry about certifications until you have a few years of UR experience. Here's a guide to UM/UR to help nursefern.com/remote-utilization-review-and-management-nurse/

[@rmg5353]

Hi Fern, do you know of any positions where you could work anywhere in the world? Thanks!

[@remotenursefern]

Some of the nurse advocate positions for companies like trusted and incredible health have allowed it in the past as long as you held a US address. I don't know if they've tightened up their guidelines and still allow this though. It is quite difficult to find roles that allow a worldwide nomad lifestyle unless you go into business for yourself and do something like LNC or Freelance Nurse Writing.

[@Haremeg]

What's the outlook for nurses with OR background?

[@remotenursefern]

Hey! We know lots of OR nurses who have gone non-bedside. Many landed non-bedside/remote roles that had nothing to do with OR.

[@mrbriceno3949]

When I become a nurse I’m going to have to watch myself around nurses like you 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 🥵

[@britnirodgers2094]

I have been an LPN for 20 years now. I needed a break from bedside nursing a few years ago and have been working as a remote coder for the last 3 years. Are there any jobs that allow LPN's with their CPC to do these remote jobs or jobs where I can utilize both degrees? I do not want to lose my license but am not ready to go back to bedside.

[@remotenursefern]

There are roles for nurse coders, auditors, quality, etc that we often see with insurance companies that do require nursing and coding exp. It would be worth looking more closely at the requirements for those. :)

[@peopleperson2069]

Every utilization review / management position I've found requires 2+ years of ur/um experience, been searching for 3 months

[@remotenursefern]

They definitely aren't easy to find, but we work hard to post URUM roles that don't list it as a requirement, only a preference. CVS has been on a UR hiring spree and several Ferns have been hired into the role from the bedside.

[@BridgetteTSU]

Try searching concurrent review

[@KasieChil]

Emergency nurse here looking for something different! Any recommendations?

[@remotenursefern]

Depends on what you're interested in! ER translates to many remote roles. The obvious option for some flexibility is triage but your experience is valuable for everything from UR/UM, CM, to CDI. We do have a quiz you can take (is asks for your email, but if you're already on our list it doesn't increase the emails you get) nursefern.com/remote-nurse-quiz/

[@KasieChil]

@remotenursefern I’m really interested in malpractice, fraud and corruption. Are you familiar with any roles that review charts specifically looking for those types of things?

[@allennelson6889]

Great information. Just the video I have been looking for. However, how in the world do you locate these jobs in the abundance of trash sites?

[@remotenursefern]

There are a lot of scams out there - We work very hard to screen job postings and companies on our job board and take feedback from users seriously. You can check it out here nursefern.com

[@ireneiturriaga2397]

What about LVN/LPN??

[@remotenursefern]

There are remote jobs! We post them when we find them.

[@sharnelnaturalee]

Are you currently hiring freelance writers? I would be very interested!

[@remotenursefern]

Not at the moment - If you aren’t on LinkedIn I would head on over there. It’s where we’ve networked and found our writers and the freelance writer community is so open and helpful on there.

[@user-rn6pk4dz4f]

I have met nurses who have found remote nursing rewarding. With unethical nurses using jobs within organizations as a way to hook their fellow colleagues up with venerable men...it's a way to escape the sexual harassment that nurses are facing. But technology harassment is becoming common in the remote environment. Not trying to be negative but this could be a realistic way to avoid the sexual harassment nurses face at work. It could reduce the crazed "hired for a harlot" mentality here in Michigan that I know about oh so well.

[@soibefire08]

How can OR nurses transition

[@remotenursefern]

We just made a video about finding remote nursing jobs if your experience is in the OR - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKSkfaRrZ5t_fK8

[@jenniferbahrke9144]

Where can labor and Delivery nurses go that are burned out on bedside nursing?

[@aliceindiamonds-77]

Triage nurse in a clinic or remote - OB is a common triage. See if your state is compact that will help you find more jobs!😊

[@Thisisme5632]

i am looking for evening Nursing jobs let me know thanks

[@remotenursefern]

Hey! Keep an eye on our free remote job board. nursefern.com

[@melissajanern]

Do you think AI like ChatGPT will take jobs away from actual nurse writers?

[@remotenursefern]

I don’t - but this is actually a topic I chat way more about with Janine of The Savvy Nurse Writer - our video interview will be posted tomorrow.

[@bentline]

The popping sound drove me crazy.

[@remotenursefern]

Check your speakers 😉

[@bentline]

@@remotenursefern Great content though 😁

[@remotenursefern]

@@bentline Apologies - you don't like the pop sound effects? I haven't been using it with new videos. I thought you were experiencing a weird mic/speaker pop.