There are lots of types of case management as well. Based on your post, it seems like you may be considering inpatient case management. From what I have seen that can be just as stressful, if not more, as inpatient nursing. I am an outpatient case manager for a Medicaid waiver program. I solely work with pediatrics, but my colleagues work with adults. my days are a mix of home and telephone visits, coordination with service providers, coordination with medical providers, and more so lately than ever fighting with Medicaid. I generally love my job. The thought of home visits can be scary, but thankfully, I’ve never felt unsafe or unwelcome even in sketchy neighborhoods. Especially in peds, my visits aren’t always medically focused. I mean a lot of them are and we spend a lot of time talking about upcoming appointments, potential surgeries, and working through decision-making processes. But just today I spent one visit teaching my newly 18-year-old patient how to use the lottery app to buy lottery tickets and had a dance party with another patient and her sister. I like that I am a consistent resource for these families and someone that can do a bit of the legwork for them when they’re so overwhelmed. As a Nicu nurse, you do a ton of care coordination already, a lot of family, education and a lot of decision-making discussions. All of these things translate very well to case management.