Hello! Returning from maternity leave in 2.5 weeks will be pumping in the car 3 x per day for other moms that did this how did you ensure hygeine? im thinking of buying a lab coat and wearing it in home so as not to contaminate clothinf. Or should i ...
HHNurse<3 replied to KSU-SN's topic in Home Health
Wow thats horrible i talked to a recruiter in LA today and it was pay per visit system and I calculated an hourly and it would be almost half of what i make here in northern california! I love home health but not that much! Id try to find a differen...
HHNurse<3 replied to SentinelTruth's topic in Home Health
Yes I am I am paid for hours worked but i need to meet productivity expectations I know a lot of places do pay per visit but you can calculate an hourly based off average visits per day and time worked a day, then compare it to other jobs in your are...
HHNurse<3 replied to Kcalicutt's topic in Home Health
Pay is less but there is more flexibility, less weekends, shorter hours. You have more of a normal schedule. If you do hH a long time and want to re enter hospital it could be tricky because hospitals want recent experience. When I switched to hh I k...
HHNurse<3 replied to SentinelTruth's topic in Home Health
We are hourly and get paid for all the hours we work. Ive never heard of salary for HH before. Generally, in my area, HH nurses make 20-25% less than hospital workers, so if you compre your income to the average hospital nurse in your area, if it is...
HHNurse<3 replied to mswtruth's topic in California
Go to sfdph.org for employment opportunities. I dont know what its like to work there but if you want to work in l&d its a good idea to precept where there are job openings because you will have a better chance of getting hired. It can be hard to...
HHNurse<3 replied to Stella1688's topic in Hospice
Except for when patients actually do qualify... Should patients suffer and take the hit for fraudulent agencies? Not fair in my opinion...isnt that why they have follow up evaluations and dc if no further decline?
HHNurse<3 replied to Stella1688's topic in Hospice
I am in a hh transitional program. Who is organizing a protest/petition/mass letter? Can we get this started here? Interested? I am... Who would we send it to? Cms? Local govt? I seem to recall either texas or florida getting hospice benefit cancella...
HHNurse<3 replied to bnd_nirvana86's topic in Pre-Nursing
I think since you just got the MSW, you should work a little bit in that field and then reconsider. 10 years ago, I was deciding between nursing and social work. I chose nursing work because I liked that it was more hands on, and (a little) less pap...
HHNurse<3 replied to katie83k's topic in Pre-Nursing
Nursing requires basic critical thinking and writing learned in english and philosophy classes. It also requires science and mathematics capabilities, usually including statistics, chemistry, biology, physiology, and microbiology. If you have a hard ...
the ability to have empathy in moments of extreme stress the ability to find humor in sad, scary, or gross things so you can stay sane the ability to be confident, standing up for yourself and for your patients even if you are scared the ability to s...
Hello fellow nurses, I am a home care nurse in California. I have always been interested in public health, but as of 2008 budget cuts, that is no longer an option for me. I have been thinking of a career change. Activism is very interesting to me. I ...
hi, im relatively new to home health and have been having a hard time staying focused on my role as an RN in situations when a patient has complex psychosocial issues, for example, pt. needs a higher level of care, or has anxiety/psych issues with n...