Becker's Healthcare August 4, 2023
A survey of more than 1,300 U.S. nurses found about 50 percent have side hustles outside of nursing to earn extra income — and many of them plan on making side gigs their full-time job, according to newly released findings from staffing platform ConnectRN.
The staffing platform worked with The Nursing Beat, a newsletter, to conduct the survey, and findings were published Aug. 3. Thirty-nine percent of respondents were certified nursing assistants, 27 percent were licensed practical nurses and more than a third were registered nurses.
Four notes:
- Half of respondents who were new nurses, meaning they were in the profession for less than three years, said they plan to transition out of nursing and make...