Home Health Aide to LPN

african queen · Jun 2, 2011

Can you Please let us know this company ... there is still a handful of us looking for jobs for the past six months now. It is frustrating .

Can we start making references of the areas or cities that we are in, when discussing this job issues.

keis1225 · Jun 2, 2011

I live in New Jersey and the agency I work for is named Loving Care agency. I think they're based out of other states too but I'm not sure what others. Just be sure home care is a field you want to get into, it's very different from being in a facility. Hope this helps

Hospice Nurse LPN, BSN, RN · Jun 4, 2011

We have a part-time LPN working w/ us who worked with us as HHA while she went to LPN school in the evenings. She'll become full-time this fall when I drop down to PRN to return to school.

caremerc · Oct 13, 2011

i'm a pre-nursing student at Brookdale Community College in NJ. I did not pass the entrance exam and i have to wait a whole yr to retake it again. i did not want to do nothing for a whole year so i looked into a home health aide course they provide at my school. i do not know what to expect and i was wondering does anybody have some sort of idea they can give to me. i know all schools are different but just a gist of what to expect.

Cuddleswithpuddles · Oct 13, 2011

i'm a pre-nursing student at Brookdale Community College in NJ. I did not pass the entrance exam and i have to wait a whole yr to retake it again. i did not want to do nothing for a whole year so i looked into a home health aide course they provide at my school. i do not know what to expect and i was wondering does anybody have some sort of idea they can give to me. i know all schools are different but just a gist of what to expect.

The training to become a home health aide is pretty similar to CNA training. You will learn how to assist clients in performing activities of daily living like bathing, dressing, eating and exercising. You may be expected to help prepare simple meals and other light household duties. I work in home health and it is a very mellow area of patient care for the most part. I think the biggest problems that turn people off to home health is going into unsafe areas or entering a home that is not so well-maintained. Common sense and a little sensitivity to your clients' lifestyles will go a long way.

Being a home health aide can be a great stepping stone. You are not worked nearly as hard as a typical CNA, you get to have one client at a time and you can seek out opportunities to learn about the clinical issues that your clients face. Clients who have HHAs often have RNs or LVNs that visit. Good networking and a good opportunity to learn what nurses do :)

darkbeauty · Nov 7, 2011

I would highly recommend doing HHA jobs while going through nursing school, be it LPN or RN program. I was able to organise my time while going through nurse program. Classes started at 8a-2p, took a down time till 3:30pm to see my 1st Hospice patient/client. Spend 2hours with them giving bedbath, assist with ADLs& giving support, move to the next from 6p-7p, then go home, sleep& wake up@12midnight and do 3hours of study, then off to school I go @8A. I did this almost everyday and I sailed through MedSurg because I read my chapters ahead, by the time instructor handed out power points& lecture,I was alraedy familiar with the indepth of the material. All my weekends(literally for 12months) were occupied by 12hr Home Health shifts where I had plenty of time to read &study. As challenging and demanding as the nursing program I was, I was still able to bring atleast $325 a week of paycheck. But it took trying different solutions to get to that point. Goodluck, and don't give up. I've now owned my LPN licence for 2 years, and I can definately say it has all been worth it. I'm currently in LTC, but am looking to get into Home care Nursing. I think it's extremely important to get atleast 1year experience in a facility and get acquainted to nurse procedures before being left alone with a patient at home.

shamrokks, ADN, ASN, RN · Nov 15, 2011

I am trying to segue into a position as a LPN after doing home health during my school program and so far no luck. It's only been 2 weeks since I received my license but I'm becoming frustrated. It definitely seems like the people in class with me who were working in a facility have gotten jobs quicker. I'm hoping that patience is a virtue. My home health registry doesn't hire LPN's. They had told me in the beginning but they do not have steady enough work for them so they use LPN's from a different agency if they do need them. Most agencies I see listed want you to have a year experience. Good luck.

darkbeauty · Nov 17, 2011

Honey it took me over 6months to land a 1st LPN gig. I went to almost every long term care facility in my 50mile radius filling application forms and folllowing up with telephone calls. So one day, while rapping up one of my college science classes for m RN prereqs, I got a call from a DOn in one of the facilities I had filled out an application. She asked if I was still lookig and I said yes, then she scheduled an interview. She had already called my references and they recommended me with flying colours. And I got the offer. So take your time, I know it's frustrating but there's one person who'll give u a chance! I spent money searching for a LPN position, but I always told myself this was investing in my career& future and all the car rentals and gas, tolls money was worth it!

shamrokks, ADN, ASN, RN · Nov 17, 2011

Thank you darkbeauty, I appreciate it. I'm pounding the pavement and thinking positively. I know it will all come to fruition eventually.

kmk1471 · Nov 25, 2011

Good move, I was a HHA for 2 years graduated LPN school in July and just passed my NCLEX on the 21st. I'm in Ocean County if you need advice email me thru the site.

GOOD LUCK