Alternative nursing positions

I am seriously considering a job change, and I wanted to ask about the types of positions that are available. I am an RN since 2003, and I'm already ready to leave the hospital as well as my home health care position (I work per diem at both). While I enjoy many aspects of the job, I am finding it more and more difficult to work within the constraints of the actual healthcare system, as related to staffing, burnout, unrealistic expectations, the usual things that nurses face. I would like to do a job that I can see a positive benefit from the people I'm caring for, instead of feeling like a rancher with a cattle prod moving patients in and out of the hospital like a factory, or teaching and teaching and assessing and assessing and finding that my efforts many times seem futile and don't even matter. I have my BSN and would like to remain in patient care as much as I can, but I am thinking a change in environment from the traditional systems may be beneficial. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated
updogrnSuggest you look in the stickys at the top of the career advice forum, the sticky entitled "Nursing career websites: discover types of nursing positions or career alternatives" may help you find the kind of work you are looking for.A word of advice; it is better to make cautious career moves during a recession, maybe pursue a specialty certification or some other continuing education, this way, you will be ready to jump into a new area when the job market picks up.regardsdishes