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Work-From-Home Survival Tips

I have stayed pretty quiet about my career change in the public world. Why? Now when I tell people I'm a work from home nurse for an insurance company, I get responses like the following: "Oh cool! My cousin sells insurance. It pays the bills" "So you don't take care of people anymore? How can you be a nurse from your home?" "I work from home too!! I see Pampered Chef!! Isn't working from home the BEST?!" Here are a few clarifications about real work-from-home jobs: -Bottom line: they have you working from home because it's cost effective. Not because it's convenient for you. -Your productivity is scrutinized under a microscope. Literally every minute of my day is accounted for on a spreadsheet -Your workload is possibly double than what it was in the clinical world. -You are expected to answer any email or request on a minute's notice, because your boss knows you aren't "busy with a patient" or "in