[angel7]

Greetings to all,

I graduated nursing school in 1979, however, I have worked only enough to keep my license. You know the speel, raising kids AND husband, the usual stuff. Husband is now retired, kids gone, etc. I have not worked at all for the past six years, so am a little nervous about getting back into the job market. I would really like to spend the next 10/15 years nursing; geriatrics are my preference. I have sent out resumes to several local Home Health Agencies & hope to hear from at least one of them soon. I don't have a clue about salary these days & I'm sure other things have changed as well, especially meds, ugh!!

I stumbled onto this site while refreshing my memory on the proper way to insert a catheter. I'm so glad to be here!

Would love to hear from you all, especially someone in the same situation as I.

Thanks,

Angel7

[suebird3]

Welcome to allnurses! Glad you found the site. Not sure where you are from, but go to the State Forums at: http://allnurses.com/forums/f131/ and scroll to your Home State.

Suebird

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[weetziebat]

Hi Angel7,
Welcome to Allnurses. Hope you enjoy this site as much as I do. I've been a nurse for ~30 yrs. and will start a new job in Home Health tomorrow. Good luck in your job search and, don't worry, it will all come back to you once you get into it again. Probably new meds and lots more paperwork, for sure. Hope to see more of you here. Let us know how it goes.

[Jessy_RN]

Welcome to the site. Enjoy your stay and best wishes to you.

[KatieBell]

Welcome to the site. I hope you'll find the answers you are looking for. For Salary, I find the state forums are the best to get an idea of the accurate salary in your area.
Be sure to follow up your resume with a telephone call, and if possible these HHA are going to want to see some sort of refresher class. Not only has the salary changed, but all the wacky equipment is completely different from the 70's for sure...
Good Luck!