Work-From-Home Motherhood: Tips for New Moms

Host Kaile Garcia welcomes Ashley Harris, a family nurse practitioner and single mom in South Carolina, to discuss tips for working from home while parenting. Ashley shares her unexpected pregnancy after a pituitary adenoma diagnosis, postpartum depression, and the challenge of ER shifts before transitioning during COVID to telehealth, which became long-term. She outlines remote opportunities in nursing and advanced practice, including virtual urgent care, telephone triage, case management, utilization review, and documentation review. They discuss work-from-home pros like flexibility and everyday comforts, and cons like blurred boundaries, household distractions, and others assuming availability, emphasizing the value of a separate workspace. Ashley offers strategies for building childcare support through family, teens, trusted centers, and parent friendships, and advises being honest with employers, setting realistic expectations, and prioritizing well-being. Ashley can be found on Instagram at @ashleysophia_np. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram for more information giveaways and more. Our handle is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@NewMommyMedia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! You get behind the scene clips, blog posts, videos and the episodes a week early and ad free! Complete our survey and enter to win a $50 gift card: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P8GTTR3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices