Does everyone work 7 days a week in Home Health?

[startofcare]

Hi everyone,

I am curious, is it normal to work 7 days a week in home health. This is my first nursing job as a HH RN and Im going on 5 month with a HH agency. I am grateful have an opportunity to get a nursing job as it has taken me years to find a position! But the only thing I am concerned is I never have any time off for me and my family. Is this normal in HH?

[joy09]

Toomuchbaloney is right. You need to draw boundries. Why are you putting your safety at risk in high crime areas, neglecting family time? Keep looking for a job and take the risk of honoring your priorities. You are entitled to and deserve a reasonable work schedule and to feel secure. Speak to the DON. Non nursing personnel don't have a clue and they think nothing of compromising you to fill the staffing holes. Short staffing is their problem, not yours!

[jhdoublin]

If you value your RN license, find another job tomorrow. You worked too hard for that paper, to let ignorance take it away from you. Your are PD, pt abandonment is bogus.

Julie

[startofcare]

I left the agency about a week ago didn't even get a thank you . Now they are calling me to re do nursing notes .

[joy09]

Redo nurses notes? I wouldn't do that. Stay away. Don't let them drag you back into that mess. I worked for an agency that assigned holidays without compensatory days off. The scheduler told me the other nurses worked right through. That's12 days on. People are damn crazy especially when it's someone else being abused.

[toomuchbaloney]

I left the agency about a week ago didn't even get a thank you . Now they are calling me to re do nursing notes .

Oh H E L L no.

They are stuck with what they got. What they got reflects the guidance and support you were provided. You remember that if you are EVER mentioned in a legal review or action of some sort. THEY are the superior respondent in the cases; NOT you.

The agency might want to step up their quality review of their overworked and abused staff.