New to home health and the only places hiring are places like

Maxim and PSA and other companies like this. I guess I have to get my "experience somewhere". I'm willing to do private duty since I'm new to HH but I don't want to work for a company that cares about the money before the patients- does that even exist? Any companies to recommend that hire with no HH experience? I've tried them ALL it seems.

With the cases that are boring to death, are you allowed to bring a personal book or something to pass the time?

With the cases that are boring to death, are you allowed to bring a personal book or something to pass the time?

This is totally up to the family/patient. Some allow you to read, watch TV, do homework, knit, etc., as long as you keep an eye on the patient and do your responsibilties. You will find most free time when you are on night shift. There are even places where they want you to keep the lights out in the patient's room at night and/or sit outside the patient room. I had one patient tell me that he wanted the lights out and he allowed the nurses to sleep as long as they could respond to his vent alarms. I told him that I couldn't do that because part of the job is to monitor the vent operation, so I stayed awake (hard as that was with the lights out), and did the job the way I saw fit. Some nurses take advantage of a situation. There are always things to do for the patient to take up most of the shift time. If I don't disturb the patient, I clean equipment, do light housekeeping in the patient room, spend time looking up stuff for the patient, and do paperwork. I go out of my way to keep "extracurricular" activities out of sight of the family. It tends to present a poor image, no matter how much you do for the patient.