Any Nurses here who work and HS?

[Mrs.Gregg]

Hi! I'm an LPN and my state recently switched laws for licensing. To maintain my license I need to work (or hours of practice) a certain amount of hours in a year. I haven't worked in the last year. We moved for DH's job and we've moved 3x in 12mos one of the moves being a 5 hours from our old home. We also started homeschooling.

 

Time will start ticking soon on my hours requirement. I've thought of doing home health nursing 1-2 shifts a week. Per Diem at a nursing home, On Call for a clinic (but I'd be limited on when I'm available). Working Urgent care. Doing flu shots. Or volunteering at a crisis clinic. I'm morelikely than not going to start volunteering at the crisis clinic next month. I like clinical nursing and I can pick up two shifts a month when DH is home.

 

Another thought I had was during the summer sending the kids to Day Camp and working for 2-3 mos.

 

What do you do? What works for your family?

[theguptas]

There is a homeschooling Mom in our gymnastics class that works as a nurse. She works odd shifts, depends on her in-laws whom I think live next door. She works on the weekends. I think her husband may work a different shift so that they are tag-teaming a lot with the in-laws there to help for a few hours when she needs them.

 

Sorry I can't be of more help but they make it work. Good luck!!

[Nakia]

Me! I work weekends. I usually do 4-5 12 hour shifts per month.

[NCJessieRN]

I did up until last year. The first three years of hs I worked part-time, PRN, then had to go to full time (3/12s Sat., Sun., Mon.)for a short time. I worked my schedule around my husbands.

[gracesteacher]

I am not an RN but i do work at the hospital and i do the weekends fri sat sun so we can do all the fieldtrips and coops

A girl friend of mine is an RN and she works the NICU just fri and sat over nights when her hubby can be there.

[Michelle in AL]

I work 2 12 hr shifts/week. I LOVE working, as it gets me out with other adults.

 

I work mostly weekends, but not every weekend so I can see dh some. I work PRN so I can request days off.

 

It's very doable. Have a schedule planned for school while you're gone so someone else can follow it or do school on the weekends if you work during the week. Be flexible and plan ahead. Doing 2 12's per week I worked more than 1000hrs from Feb-Dec.

[melissad2]

I'm an RN and I work prn, usually 2-4 weekend days per month sometimes more sometimes less depending on financial needs :)

[misidawnrn]

I work 24 hours a week and my schedule is every other F,S,Su,M. We school 4 days a week. I have my planner as day 1, day 2, etc, not M,T,W,Th,F. On the weeks I work the Monday, we school Tueday-Friday and Monday-Thursday the other week.

It works for us.

[RhondaJK]

I work every weekend, Friday-Sunday 12 hours. We school Monday-Thursday. It works for us, but SO is able to be home with DD full-time so I don't have to worry about childcare.