what's up guys I'm nurse Blake and welcome to my channel in this video I'm
gonna share with you the different nursing opportunities beyond the bedside
so there are so many different jobs out there for nurses and a lot of times when
we think about nursing and nursing jobs we think about Hospital jobs at the
bedside these are typically three 12-hour shifts
but if bedside nursing is not for you and that's okay there are plenty of
other options now there's so many great opportunities that I'm not going to be
able to cover every single one of them so if there's something I didn't mention
make sure you drop that in the comments below and let us know what that job is
so other people can learn about it number one case management these are
nurses who act as social workers so they do participate in the patient experience
from a mission to discharge and really they're connecting the patient with
outside resources they're communicating with the healthcare team on the
discharge plan and they're really the facilitator this is mostly a job in the
hospital but you can also find this job in the community-based setting as well
so clinical case manager is such a great experience because you still get to work
with patients and be a part of the health care team next we have a research
nurses this is such a cool job I know many of my friends have been research
nurses and they love it so they help the physician and patients work together on
clinical trials so they're asking patients questionnaires they're
researching different medications and procedures and reporting on it so if
you're interested in research and if you are one of those kids in nursing school
you love the research component research nurse may be a good fit for you so check
it out school nurses I love school nurses you guys have such an interesting
job the job of a school nurse is definitely a busy one you never know
what's gonna walk into your clinic and you take care of belly aches to some
serious things like allergic reactions or kids that
have seizures and if you're the only nurse you really have so much autonomy
you don't have physicians like in the hospital around your floor that you can
ask questions there are protocols and procedures that you follow but a lot of
things that you do are based on your nursing experience and your critical
thinking skills what's great about school nursing is you have off during
the summer during the winter and all the major holidays so that's a really big
plus and you don't have to work the weekends like the bedside nurses do
correctional nurses this is in the jail or prison setting and these nurses they
work with patients who are in the criminal justice system so their job can
be extremely extremely difficult and extremely challenging but what's most
important is as a nurse we care for anybody no matter what their background
is because we want everyone to have optimal health if that's something that
interests you go for it check it out research find out more then we have risk
management and you could find this physician in the hospital and outside
the hospital and what these nurses do is they look at different risks in the
hospital like for example Falls so they attract all the Falls in the hospital
and then they work to try to prevent them because we know if a patient Falls
it costs the hospital a lot of money not only that it causes a lot of physical
and emotional strain on the patient and can lengthen their length of stay or
they could even have a worse healthcare outcome than expected because a fall can
really set patients back so what risk management does is they look at all the
Falls in the hospital and they implement strategies they talk with the healthcare
team to really try to prevent these Falls from happening because essentially
we want zero Falls in the hospital and they work really hard to get to that
goal home health this is where you see patients in their home setting so you
don't see patients in the hospital you actually get to see patients
in their home and what's really unique about this job is you really make your
own hours now this isn't a job for me because between patients you know I
would always stop at Starbucks and get a coffee if I saw the target I'd have to
pull in and shop a little bit but that's a benefit about this job I just I would
just always be shocked and I'd always be out but if this is something that
interests you it's a really cool job and there's just something unique about
being able to meet the patient in their home and caring for them in their home a
place where they feel safe and comfortable leadership this can be in
the hospital or outside the hospital everyone needs a manager or a leader to
help lead them in the organization so if you're interested in the leadership role
whether that the assistant manager manager director or it--see and know of
a hospital there are opportunities out there now I know the job can be really
super stressful but if leadership is something you're passionate about go for
it there's plenty of opportunity there for you next education you are a nursing
school right so you had instructors to teach you we need more instructors
because the demand for nurses is really high which means we need a lot of people
in nursing school so they become nurses and we need great educators someone who
is able to share their talent skills and experience with nursing students to make
them great nurses after school so if education is something you're passionate
about look into it because again we need more awesome educators you could even be
an HR recruiter a lot of companies and a lot of hospital systems they look for
nurses to be recruiters because from their experience they know what nurses
to recruit and what they're looking for for the hospital typically they've been
at the hospital a long time they know the culture they know the acuity of the
floors and with HR you get the opportunity to interact with new
recruits you also get the opportunity and to interact with managers you really
find that perfect match it's kind of like being a matchmaker I guess which
can't be a lot of fun next is forensic nursing this is something that's really
brand new but you may have heard it before like a same nurse what they do is
they really focus on sexual assault physical assault and
accidental deaths so typically we're there working for a medical examiner's
office they get extensive knowledge on charting how to chart injuries how to
speak with patients that come from abuse and it's just a really unique in much
needed career so if this is something you're interested in look into it it's
called forensic nursing and it is a new sector in nursing that is needed so if
you're interested in that go for it check it out and then next we have
informatics how would you say it infom additions informatica tician implemented
i don't know but what they do is they really bring their nursing experience
science and technology and one and they make it easier to process information
because whenever a patient requests medical records you want it to be able
to be accessible safe and easy to read so these are what the people and nursing
and informatics do they really try their best to make electronic medical records
easy safe to protect patients from HIPPA and accessible for everybody
organization patient and staff so these are just a brief overview of the
different jobs in nursing that are outside of the bedside there's so many
cool opportunities out there so if you're ever interested in one of these
go for it and I hope I shed light on some new careers that you've never heard
of before there are so many of them out there so thank you guys so much for
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this helps you guys out have a great shift