How did you get out of healthcare?

Question

I’ve been in for almost 10 years and I am so burned out. I don’t want to work anymore when I’m scheduled, I’m tired of being yelled at by patients and other staff, I’m tired of working short staffed. I am tired and I need out. My husband is able to cover bills by himself for about 10 months and he wants me to take the time and stay at home to figure out what I want to do, but I like my own money. I don’t have any college degree and I don’t know what to do or where to turn

Answer

I’m not sure why the other comment is being downvoted, it’s a good suggestion. With your 10 years of experience, even without a degree, there are likely many other opportunities out there that are different than what you’re experiencing. If you want a new career field, you’ll need to think what you want to do, then figure out the path to it. Almost anything is possible.
I get it though, I also work in healthcare. It’s becoming progressively more antagonized of a field over time, which is exhausting in many different ways (physically, emotionally, socially, etc.). But it’s not all bad and you may just need to find a better fit if you want to stay in healthcare.

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Can you use your experience on the health insurance or remote medical billing side of healthcare? I don’t recommend selling health insurance but maybe you could be like a patient advocate or do a position like Cigna has with clinical care coordinators for insured with complex medical conditions? Also you can look into Pharma rep positions, medical transcription/scribe, or billing/coding? Those last ones can be remote at least and having prior clinical experience and medical terminology knowledge is usually preferred over applicants without. I am sure there’s other jobs, but these are the ones I had looked into after I left in-clinic healthcare.

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I tend to go back and forth between healthcare and working with children (preschool teacher, group home, etc). Currently a sahm. I loved working with teen girls in a group home. It wasn’t so easy that I would be bored because of course they keep you on your toes lol, its rewarding if you find joy in taking care of others, and you’re not micromanaged because it’s usually just you or one other staff most days. And if you work for a company like the one I did they do so many fun outings and activities for the kids that you also get to attend.

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Use your degree in a different way, for example, if you’re working in a hospital or nursing home, try home health care or another part of nursing that is more flexible and on your terms

How did you get out of healthcare?

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