Home care?

[duskyjewel]

I have been licensed as a CNA since October 2011, and for the last six months I have been employed in a hospital telemetry unit. Some days are better than others, but, bottom line, I am fairly miserable. I think I could be happy in this job with different parameters. My main complaint with the hospital, and I'm sure it would be the same in LTC, is that my patient load is too large. I leave pretty much every morning (night shift) feeling like I did someone wrong. The lower-maintenance people basically don't see me outside of their Q4 vitals and picking up dinner trays/refilling water. I don't want to be that way! I just have no choice when I have other people messing their beds every hour, or whose blood sugar went in the basement, etc. I think home care could be a better fit for me. An agency near me is hiring for 12 hour shifts, so that would minimize beating up my car. Could those of you with home care experience share, please? And if it's not allowed to mention company names on open boards, PM me with recommendations for or against ones you know a lot about? Thank you for anything you can offer.

[RmCU_nA]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!duskyjewel....Is there difference with CNA,hospice,home health and caregiver?....

[duskyjewel]

First interview went great. Their CNA recruiter is a LPN and we talked for about an hour. She is forwarding my information to the clinical supervisors who run the resource team (kind of like pool - but full time with benes) and I should get a call Monday to set up my second interview with them. She said the greatest need for the resource team is on the east side of the Phoenix Metro area, so yay for me... hopefully won't have to drive all the way across to the west side much. I have really wanted to get in at one of their inpatient units near my home, but in this job I may get a chance to work in them now and then if they have a need for me.

Feeling hopeful. :-) Also having a great night at my current job....got floated and OMG compared to telemetry this unit is cake!

[duskyjewel]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!duskyjewel....Is there difference with CNA,hospice,home health and caregiver?....

Home health aides/caregivers can get certified, but at least where I am in AZ, it's a much simpler process (takes a weekend or two), and they can only do home care. CNAs of course are licensed by their state boards of nursing, take 120 hours of training (in AZ), and can work in home care, hospitals, long term care, or hospice. Hospice focuses on end-of-life palliative (comfort) care, hospitals focus on curing disease and repairing injuries, and home health and long term care seek to maintain health in those who need help with their daily activities, or at least to slow down their decline as much as possible. I hope that answers your question! :-)

[RmCU_nA]

Home health aides/caregivers can get certified, but at least where I am in AZ, it's a much simpler process (takes a weekend or two), and they can only do home care. CNAs of course are licensed by their state boards of nursing, take 120 hours of training (in AZ), and can work in home care, hospitals, long term care, or hospice. Hospice focuses on end-of-life palliative (comfort) care, hospitals focus on curing disease and repairing injuries, and home health and long term care seek to maintain health in those who need help with their daily activities, or at least to slow down their decline as much as possible. I hope that answers your question! :-)

thank u for that info...

[RmCU_nA]

are there any CNAs from CAL here?..are there any CNAs that plan on advancing to LPN or RN in CAL?

[duskyjewel]

Second interview this Thursday! Will keep y'all posted. I am a tiny bit annoyed though, because the resource pool director who called me today asked if I was only looking for night shift, or if I would be willing to work any day hours. The job was posted as a NIGHT SHIFT job! Still excited, but wondering if I might have to consider saying no to an offer if they are going to try to make me work days when I can't. :-{