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8 ways nurses can make extra cash

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6. Medical Coding
Again, you’ll have to invest a bit to become certified. Medical coding involves classifying medical procedures and diagnoses with the proper medical billing codes so that claims will be processed by insurance companies. An understanding of medical terminology is an asset, and as a nurse, you already have that. The jobs are typically in hospitals, clinics and doctors’ offices, but there opportunities to work from home as well. The Internet has plenty of information on becoming certified and finding jobs.

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Cynthia Dusseault
Cynthia Dusseault is a professional freelance writer with both a health and an education background. A former medical radiation technologist and elementary school teacher, she realized that no matter what she did, she was drawn to any task that involved writing, so she decided, over a decade ago, to write full-time. Since then, she has written for a variety of magazines and websites including Nursing PRN, National Review of Medicine, University Affairs, Your Health, Education Leaders Today, Today's Parent, Children's Playmate, WeightWatchers.ca and many more. She has written about topics such as asthma, genital herpes, circumcision, teleradiology, body art, learning disabilities and exercise trends, and she absolutely adores the fact that writing—particularly doing the research for the articles she writes—makes her a lifelong learner.

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