Boss taking advantage of me

[Sonia1210]

hello , I live in florida. I' m a new grad. I got this job in home health agency I have one week working there. let me explain my first patient was a girl who needed iv antibiotic q 8 hours for 7 days I went to their house 7 am, 3 pm and 11 pm , plus weekend and wound care. those are 14 visits. Second patient iv antibiotic by picc line wound care and shot 5 visit q day. third patient wound care shot 4 visit. I have 3 admission , 3 start plan of care. she told me today my payment was going to be 650 dollars. I drive around all day , they don't pay anything extra for me. I m going to quit . I work in Miami , they give you the excuse the patient is Medicaid. Does you supposed to be pay for admission and plus the visit , what about working night and weekend they supposed to pay more. She was to pay me 20 a visit and 25 dollars for plan of care that all nothing else.

[caliotter3]

I think you can find a more equitable situation at another employer.

[hardygirl, LPN, RN]

Run! Sounds like this agency is trying to nickel and dime you. Especially considering that you are compensated only $20 per visit. You can certainly do better somewhere else.

[Libby1987]

I must live in a bubble, we would never make daily visits let alone TID to run an IV. All of ours are have PICCs and are taught to do their own infusions.

And no way would we give a new grad that much responsibility.

And the OT would have to be compensated.

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

I must live in a bubble, we would never make daily visits let alone TID to run an IV. All of ours are have PICCs and are taught to do their own infusions.

And no way would we give a new grad that much responsibility.

And the OT would have to be compensated.

I had the same thought. Nobody gets more than daily visits on my service. We would not accept a q 8hr IV antibiotic patient if the patient could not be taught to self-administer or a care giver taught to do it. Why wasn't the patient taught to administer the antibiotics herself? A patient home on IV antibiotics should require one visit/week for PICC line dressing change and labs if needed.

OP, employers are not obligated to pay more for weekend and evening work. Pay per visit rarely comes with weekend or evening differentials. Didn't you know the compensation before you accepted this position?

[Mom2boysRN]

Yes, leave. You are definitely being taken advantage of.

[Libby1987]

It doesn't sound like a legit company.

[bonesrn]

Run Forest, run!!

[Sonia1210]

thank you for you advice . I quite I did like 7 admission which I did not get pay for , discharge paper did not get paid; she only paid for the visit $ 20 and start plan of care $ 25 . She claimed patients are Medicaid and she does not get paid for admission or discharge. Well she paid me for 2 weeks of work 1200 . I took my check and run .