Re: OMG, we were being raped!
Yea, I recently saw some paperwork when a previous case I was on switched to a different agency and the rate for medicaid high tech was listed as $32/hr. I get paid $20/hour (RN). The agencies are making a killer profit!
At my past agency I once asked my boss if I would ever get a raise because I was making the same amount after 2 years. Generally with most jobs you do get raises periodcally - merit based, or atleast general "cost of living" pay rate increases. She said the only way for private duty nurses to get pay rate increases was if medicaid increased their reimbursement amounts. She told me that they had been petitioning medicaid for increased rates.
Is the amount that medicaid pays variable by State or is it a national thing? I really don't know much about this...
I have been doing private duty for over 3 years now and I still make the same pay. (Actually I went down in pay for a short while when I switched to a different agency!)
What other nursing job would you get absolutely no raise for 3 years?!?! Not even a small raise, like 25 or 50 cents?!! C'mon!
I was also a VERY burned out hospital nurse, and even though the low pay for private duty is a bummer....I am content for less pay for less stress. Although a little more pay sure would be nice!!!!!!!!!!!!
Despite frustrations with agencies, I myself would not want to do independent work. I have experienced too many "family dynamics/family coping" issues and I like having the agency as a liaison or go between. The one family I worked for could be very
NEEDY - and I mean VERY! At the time I had a very supportive supervisor and I knew she would support me and take my side when issues arose. I could not imagine being on my own without an agency...Although I know nurses do it!
) they were only paying $18. I am so glad the family advocated for us. We were being raped!
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