About.

After Bedside is for nurses who are thinking about leaving bedside, and who keep running into the same wall: not the job market, but the money. The calculator turns that fear into numbers. Your monthly burn, your runway, a bridge plan, and the smallest version of a move that still works for your budget.

Find my fit and the calculator are free. The app behind them is paid, sold as a one-year pass: 14-day free trial, then $199/year, no card needed.

Who made it

It was built by a physician and a registered nurse. We are independent, based in Los Angeles, and not affiliated with any hospital, staffing agency, school, or coaching business. The tool grew out of a personal spreadsheet, one we kept rebuilding every time the question came up of whether leaving the floor was actually affordable. This is that spreadsheet, cleaned up and made free for anyone to use.

What we believe

• The honest answer to “can I afford to leave bedside?” is a number, not a pep talk. So we give you the number.
• The career-change advice aimed at nurses is crowded with people selling certainty they don't have. We are trying to be the plain, numbers-first alternative to that.
• The path estimates in the tool are clearly labeled as estimates. We would rather under-promise than quote you a salary or a timeline as if it were a guarantee. (See our methodology for where those numbers come from.)

What we don't do

We don't sell courses or sessions with a career coach. We don't take placement commissions, and we're not a job board. We don't sell your email or share it with employers, recruiters, schools, or advertisers. The calculator runs in your browser, and the figures you enter never leave it; we keep only the totals they add up to. The privacy page spells all of that out.