Nursing Student

Hi everyone!

I am a nursing student, in an ADN program and I graduate May 2010. Home Health Nursing is one of the
areas that I'm seriously considering working in. One of my teachers was a Home Health nurse for years
and I have talked to her about it alot and I think it fits in well with my personality and my talents. I have
a couple of questions for all of you Home Health nurses out there. First of all, to work in Home Health, do I
have to get experience working in a Hospital first?? I have a friend who is an RN and she runs a Home Health
Agency in Vermont, and she seems to think that alot of agencies are loosening up on this requirement. Is
this true?? She said she would hire me, but I don't want to move to Vermont becasue my kids and grandkids are
here in Kansas City. My second question is, if you had to do it all over again, would you choose Home Health
Nursing?? Why or why not?? I would really appreciate any feedback I could get on this. I'm a little concerned
about the economy and the hiring freezes that alot of the Hospitals seem to have right now, so I'm hoping I
can find an agency that will hire me right out of school. Maybe I'm dreaming, I don't know.