According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the demand for registered nurses is expected to grow 12 percent between 2018 and 2028, which is a faster-than-average growth rate for a job in the United States.
If You Have an Advanced Nursing Degree
1. Online Nursing Faculty
If you have an MSN or a Ph.D. in nursing — you can teach online nursing classes to college students. To teach BSN coursework, you must have an MSN degree, and to teach MSN nursing classes, you must have a Ph.D.
- Chamberlain University
- Excelsior College
- Galen College of Nursing
- Hallmark University
- Kaplan
- Pearson
- Western Governors University
- Steward Health Care System
- Strayer University
2. Nursing Evaluator
If you have an MSN degree, you can grade nursing students’ academic submissions. Western Governors University hires for this position.
If You Have You Have an RN License
3. Telephonic Case Manager
Case Management is probably the most well known work-at-home nursing jobs. As a Case Manager, you’ll oversee your patients’ care plan making sure that they receive the appropriate care, resources, and referrals so that they have a successful outcome.
4. Remote Diabetic or Disease Educator
These positions usually require a Bachelor’s degree, along with an RN or an RD (Registered Dietitian) license. As an educator, you’ll work with patients to ensure proper disease understanding, knowledge, care, routine, and resources.
5. Freelance Nursing Writers
Nursing writers write content for test prep courses, instructional manuals, and other training materials. If you’re interested in this sort of work, other terms to search for are Nurse Certification Writers, Nurse Research Writers, Learning Development Writers, and Medical Writers.
6. Telehealth Triage Registered Nurse
In this role, the nurse performs screening calls to determine the appropriate path of care for patients. Sometimes called, Care Advisor RNs.
- Carenet Healthcare Services
- Centene
- Edward Elmhurst Health
- HCA Healthcare
- HealthPartners
- Medtronic
- RelateCare
- Sequence Health
- Total Triage
- US Department of Veteran Affairs
7. RN Insurance Jobs
In this role, you will review medical records to make sure that the code billed was the appropriate code for the services rendered. These positions do require some technical writing skills, as you will contact providers for additional information and denial of payment notices. Other keywords to search for if you’re interested in this position are, Concurrent Review RN, Clinical Appeals Nurse, RN Appeals Writer, Review Nurse, and Surveillance and Utilization Review (SURS) Nurse.
8. Virtual Clinical Research Associate (CRA)
Clinical Research Associates oversee all aspects of pharmaceutical research studies, from recruiting and monitoring to budgeting and reporting. These positions require a Bachelor’s degree, an RN nursing degree, or experience as a Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC). From my experience, the majority of these positions are home-based, but they do require some travel.
If You Have an RN, LPN, or LVN
9. Remote Quality Improvement Nurse
As a Quality Improvement Nurse, you will review hospitals’ nursing record documentation for completeness, accuracy, and appropriate level coding. These positions usually contain a teaching element, where the nurse educates the staff on the importance of proper documentation and coding practices. Typically requires a fair amount of travel; on some job postings, it’s 70 to 80 percent travel time. If you’re interested in applying for this position, also search the keywords Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist, Data Abstractor, and Nurse Consultant.
10. Other Remote LPN or LVN Jobs
The majority of remote nursing jobs I’ve seen require an RN license, but I was able to find some companies that hire remote LVNs and LPNs. The companies and types of openings I’ve seen in the past are listed below. These companies may have other remote opportunities for LVNs and LPNs, so you’ll want to do a deep dive on their websites.
- Achieve Test Prep – Teacher Assistants
- Anthem – Nurse Appeals Associate
- CareCentrix – Clinical Reviewer
- Catasys – Care Coach
- Centauri Health Solutions – HEDIS Clinical Abstractor
- Ciox – Denials Prevention Specialist
- Evolent Health – Utilization Review Nurse
- Parallon – Clinical Appeals Nurse
11. Part-Time Remote Nursing Jobs
If you have an RN or NP license, you may be able to work part-time hours from home. While most work-at-home nursing positions are for full-time work, I was able to find some companies that hire for part-time hours.
- Cortex Health Inc. – At-Home Agent
- Flatiron – Data Abstractors
- Forward – Telemedicine Nurse Practitioner
- Health Information Alliance – Data Abstractors and Utilization Review
- Pill Club – Nurse Practitioners
- Total Triage – Telephone Triage
- UnitedHealth Group – Telephonic RN and Case Management
Spin Your Nursing Knowledge Into a New Career
12. Virtual Healthcare Recruiter
In this position, you’ll search for and screen candidates for various healthcare positions. Most of these positions require a Bachelor’s degree with a healthcare background. Also, search for the keyword, Nurse Recruiter, or RN Recruiter.
13. Clinical Sales Specialist
As a sales representative, you will work with doctors, nurses, case managers, and other healthcare professionals in clinical settings to educate them on healthcare products, services, medications, and programs. Most sales positions offer a base salary with a commission on sales or sign-ups. The majority of sales positions require overnight travel, usually about 50 percent of the time, the other portion you will work from home. Additional terms to search for are Healthcare Sales Rep, Clinical Marketing Manager, and Clinical Sales Representative. CVS hires Clinical Sales Reps.
14. Become a Legal Nurse Consultant
First, Legal Nurse Consultants work on their own as independent contractors; they are not employees. Second, you will need additional training for this position, and the one I’m most familiar with is Vickie Milazzo’s (because I have received her brochures in the mail). Even if you don’t take her training, her website has a lot of great information on how to get clients, how much you can earn, as well as success stories.
Alternative Work-at-Home Jobs for Nurses
15. Nurse Turned Entrepreneur
You can also take your nursing knowledge and spin it into a whole new career by starting a business. That’s just what Elizabeth Irvine did. Once a pediatric nurse, Elizabeth, now runs a business where she educates and empowers women through serenity jewelry, inspirational books, and soul-full workshops and retreats.
16. Nurse Turned Blogger
If you’d had told me, I would be running a blogging business from home; I would have said you’re crazy! But here I am. After unhappily working in the nursing field for five years, I decided to become a full-time stay-at-home mom, which launched my search for online jobs, and subsequent action of starting this blog. I’ve been running a blogging business for ten years now, and I couldn’t be happier.
17. Nurse Turned Coder
Like a lot of nurses, Nadia Copeland loved her job and the people she worked with, but she was tired of how budget concerns affected patient care, and her health was suffering due to the overall stress of her job. After quitting her nursing job, Nadia looked into LaunchCode’s CoderGirl Program at the urging of her husband. Not only was Nadia good at coding, but she enjoyed the challenge. Nadia says, “I’m grateful for what nursing taught me, but I’m so much happier in my current role and industry, and I’m looking forward to becoming as seasoned in computer programming as I was at providing health care.”
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