finding your niche with home health

[remched]

ok, I posted a thread, and nobody answered it, so let me rephrase it. I just started in HH, and when I was hired, I was led to believe that there were more jobs available from my agency than there were. Anyway, I was offered 3. I am doing one, and I love it. The other two I tried and was oriented for one day for the first, and didn't stay due to cleanliness on the families part. The board of health is constantly being called on them. And the second one I didn't stay at because it was night shift. I told the agency I wanted middle shift, and they asked me to try this, and I am NOT a daytime sleeper. Plus, I have two children of my own with special needs, and I have to arrange for daytime coverage if I am not available. My question, Is it normal to bounce around in home health until you find a client that you are able to provide quality care for, and the situation fits your needs. I know nursing is not ideal, I am coming from LTC, and I know at any time a monkey wrench can be thrown into your schedule. PLEASE any advise would be greatly appreciated.

[joprasklpn]

I work peds home health for about 4 years now and you do get bounced around alot. The families can always be a challenge and the home environment is not always ideal. I get pulled from one case and put on another sometimes at short notice depending on call offs and which client needs the nurse the most. It does get frustrating sometimes, but overall I love the flex. schedule and option to work no holiday or weekend shifts and the kids are great. The whole time I have worked home health I have never just worked with one client at a time.