The Best Work-at-Home Jobs for Nurses in 2021

Are you looking for remote nursing jobs? Would you like to leave the nursing profession altogether? Then keep reading! I have a massive list of work-at-home jobs for nurses, as well as alternative career paths you can take.

When I decided to sign up for nursing school, I knew that I wanted to work in a clinical environment. But after working a grueling year in a pediatric unit at a hospital, I started to look for other opportunities. As I began my search for something non-clinical, I was amazed at the host of possibilities available to nurses.

Over the years, I’ve worked in a wide variety of nursing jobs, from prior authorization and medical record reviews to clinical research; in fact, that’s one of the great things about nursing, its versatility.

Oh, and did I mention nurses are in high demand?!

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the demand for registered nurses is expected to grow 7% between 2019 and 2029, a faster-than-average growth rate for a job in the United States.

If you’re looking to ditch the clinical environment and your commute, here are some of the best work-at-home jobs for nurses!

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
• Colorado Technical University
• Excelsior College
• Galen College of Nursing
• Hallmark University
• Kaplan
• Pearson
• Rasmussen University
• 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 job. As a Case Manager, you’ll oversee your patients’ care plan, ensuring that they receive the appropriate care, resources, and referrals to have a successful outcome.

• Aetna
• AMC Health
• Anthem
• CareSource
• CaseCentrix
• Cigna
• Conduent
• CVS Health
• DaVita
• EK Health
• Humana
• Medix
• UnitedHealth Group
• Wellbox

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.

• Aetna
• Geneia
• Livongo

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.

• ClearVoice
• GEISWriters.com
• Study.com
• Upwork

Related Content: From Nursing to Freelance Writing – One Mom’s Path to Working From Home

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.

• Amalgamated Medical Management
• Carenet Healthcare Services
• Centene
• Edward Elmhurst Health
• HCA Healthcare
• HealthPartners
• Hims & Hers – Nurse Practitioners
• IntellaTriage
• Kroger – Telephonic Nurse Specialist
• Medtronic
• RelateCare
• Sequence Health
• Total Triage
• US Department of Veteran Affairs

7. RN Insurance Jobs

In this role, you will review medical records to ensure that the code billed was appropriate for the services rendered. These positions 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.

• UnitedHealth Group
• Ensemble
• CareCentrix
• HMS Healthcare
• Anthem, Inc.
• Parallon

Related Content: Where to Find Work From Home Medical Insurance Jobs

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.

• PPD
• Covance
• Premier Research
• Syneos Health

If You’re 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 70-80% travel time. If you’re interested in applying for this position, also search the keywords Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist, Data Abstractor, and Nurse Consultant.

• Anthem, Inc.
• Cotiviti
• Dane Street
• Excite Health Partners
• HMS Healthcare
• UnitedHealth Group
• Molina Healthcare

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

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
• JustAnswer – Share Your Nursing Expertise
• Pill Club – Nurse Practitioners
• Total Triage – Telephone Triage
• TutorMe – Nursing Tutors (RN or LPN)
• 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.

• HCA
• LHC Group
• Lord Global Services
• TalentRISE

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% of the time; you will work from home in the other portion. 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

Legal Nurse Consultants usually work independently as independent contractors, assisting lawyers with cases involving medical claims. You may need additional training for this position, although some nurses I’ve talked to said that they were able to break into the field without any additional training.

If you’re interested in taking a course, the one I’m familiar with is Vickie Milazzo’s (because I’ve 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.

If you’re interested in this career, also check out Alice Adam’s story — it has lots of useful information about the industry.

Alternative Career Paths For Nurses

15. Nurse Turned Author and Life Coach

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 meditation, coaching sessions, inspirational books, and soul-full workshops and retreats. You can check out her story here.

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 12 years now, and I couldn’t be happier.

If you’re curious about my blogging journey, you can read it here.

And if you’d like to start your own blog from home, I have a step-by-step tutorial here to get you started.

17. Nurse Turned Computer Programmer

Like many 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 her husband’s urging.

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.”

18. Nurse Turned Medical Coder and Biller

Tricia Mitchell decided to leave bedside nursing because she knew her nighttime hours weren’t compatible with having a family. She stumbled upon an article on Dave Ramsey’s website about medical coding and billing training through CareerStep. Being a self-paced, online program and a good career alternative to nursing, Tricia decided to make the leap. Today Tricia works full-time as a remote medical biller and coder while also being a stay-at-home mom. To learn more about remote medical coding and billing, check out this article.

19. Nurse Turned Personal Concierge

After working as a registered nurse for many years, Kelly Schaefer decided to take her organizational skills and turn them into a business, helping others manage their daily errands and tasks. Besides running her personal concierge business, Task Complete, Kelly also teaches others how to break into the field and increase their profits. If you’re interested in learning more about becoming a personal concierge check out her Concierge Starter Kit.

If starting a business from home sounds appealing, be sure to grab our FREE business plan template here!

Need More Work-at-Home Nursing Jobs?

FlexJobs is my favorite place to search for work-at-home jobs because they let you refine your search by job type, schedule, job category, telecommuting level, company accolades, career level, and title. Being able to break down your job search into these specific categories will help you find what you’re looking for faster. Plus, all their job postings are hand-screened for legitimacy, so you don’t have to worry about dealing with scams.

Another great place to find remote nursing jobs is in the Facebook group Remote Nursing Jobs. Sadie, the founder of the group, is a nurse that works from home and who has a knack for finding these jobs. New job leads and information are posted daily.

Have you brought your nursing job home? We’d love to hear about it, or if you’ve spun off into a new career, we’d love to hear about that too!

Originally published December 2, 2016. Content updated March 3, 2021.