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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Freelance/consultant work
I've been a lurker for awhile, and should probably introduce myself!
I am an Advanced practice nurse (Nurse Practitioner), working on my Doctor of Nursing Practice in the upstate ny area. I work full-time in education currently, and love what I do. I was looking for suggestions for some freelance or consultant work that I could do from home. I am saving up for my wedding next year, and since I am salaried, there is no room to make extra from OT, so I was looking for something that could be done on the side, preferably at home.
Any suggestions!?!
Re: Freelance/consultant work
Can you do anything related to your nursing degree? Like maybe get into home health (is that even something you can do PT?) Obviously you can't do that at home, but it's a possibility. I think this question would be best if you asked others in your field. If you want to do freelance or consulting, I always think it's best to stay in the field that you're trained in.
Are your writing skills very strong? If so, you may want to look into doing some freelance articles for health websites or nursing magazines. You have to have very strong skills, though ? freelance writing is an extremely competitive field (it's what I do), and normally I wouldn't even suggest it for someone without a journalism degree, but since you are a subject matter expert in a very specific field, it could be worth looking into. Places to look would be local parenting magazines (if they have a health column/section), any health magazine, or health websites (this could include anything from wellness to something more specialized ? obviously you know your skills better than I do). Email the associate or managing editor, explain your qualifications, and ask if they're looking for freelance writers in your field. Typically magazines will have a set rate they pay freelancers, but some will expect you to give a rate. Have several writing samples available (even better if you happen to have some that are published), but don't send any attachments with the initial query. Expect to send a lot of letters and not hear back from many of the people you email. (I used to be a magazine editor, and it's not at all personal, of course; I literally just did not have time to email every single freelance query I got.)