A new NY HHC nurse....maybe?

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Hey! Had my interview on Thursday. It went well.

they offer $65 for a first visit and $60 for any other visits. It is mostly peds, newborn and OB. As soon as I get my physical and paper work together I plan on giving it a shot. I only wish they had more work in Suffolk County. Well I can get my feet wet and see if it is for me in the meantime. What do you think?

Kathy

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Sounds pretty good to me Kathy!! I think the $65 for admit is low, (Between 75 and 85 by me) BUT, if you don't have to complete OASIS for peds, and well mom and baby, then your paperwork may not be too bad, so that is a good rate. The $60 per re-visit is nice. Only, there aren't too many re-visit for well mom/baby, just usually for sick babies, and maybe for poorly healing C-section wounds.

The thing about pay per visit is, if you aren't working closer to your home, your travel time is on you. I assume you will be paid for travel miles, and I hope your rate went up to the gov't standard of $0.405 per mile.

Good luck with it Kathy, and here I thought you were guy named Tom!

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Sounds pretty good to me Kathy!! I think the $65 for admit is low, (Between 75 and 85 by me) BUT, if you don't have to complete OASIS for peds, and well mom and baby, then your paperwork may not be too bad, so that is a good rate. The $60 per re-visit is nice. Only, there aren't too many re-visit for well mom/baby, just usually for sick babies, and maybe for poorly healing C-section wounds.

The thing about pay per visit is, if you aren't working closer to your home, your travel time is on you. I assume you will be paid for travel miles, and I hope your rate went up to the gov't standard of $0.405 per mile.

Good luck with it Kathy, and here I thought you were guy named Tom!

Thanks for all the good advice. I really want to do this right. I don't know anyone out here on Long Island doing this, so I don't even know which agencies to "trust". Thanks to this board I am getting quite an education!

BTW, my dh is Tom and he calls me Katt......... :coollook:

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