Bayada

Southernurse · Jan 22, 2008

last year i recall a tv ad running during the christmas holidays showing a nurse driving through a terrible storm at night to attend to her patient. it impressed me and made me cringe at the same time.

not true! if the weather is bad enough, the supervisor picks you up and takes you home!!!:bowingpur

Aglaea · Oct 30, 2008

I think it depends on the region you work for. I worked for Bayada Nurses for 6yrs and was sadly dissappointed. If it hadn't been for my client I would have left long ago.

It wasn't uncommon for your replacement not to show up and you being left to work the next shift. It wasn't uncommon for them to have no replacements on Holidays and the last person signed up to work got stuck working till someone was found.

Never once when a replacement wasn't found did a supervisor show up to relieve the nurse at the case. More than once a nurse would be stranded at a case for 24hrs.

When I started working for Bayada as a LPN my starting wage was $18/hr....when I quit it was $18/hr.

caliotter3 · Oct 30, 2008

Aglaea

Thanks for your input. We can get a more balanced picture. Hope that the bad experience is not common. I, too, agree with your implied statement concerning your pay. It is worse to find out that after 7 or 8 years one is making the same rate and another person is being paid several dollars an hour more. Does not make one feel very valued.

Southernurse · Oct 31, 2008

i think it depends on the region you work for. i worked for bayada nurses for 6yrs and was sadly dissappointed. if it hadn't been for my client i would have left long ago.
it wasn't uncommon for your replacement not to show up and you being left to work the next shift. it wasn't uncommon for them to have no replacements on holidays and the last person signed up to work got stuck working till someone was found.
never once when a replacement wasn't found did a supervisor show up to relieve the nurse at the case. more than once a nurse would be stranded at a case for 24hrs.
when i started working for bayada as a lpn my starting wage was $18/hr....when i quit it was $18/hr.

:twocents: i'm sorry you had that experience! that is some misery! i believe each office independently operated, and my office in asheville, nc would never do that to one of their employees. i have been with them a year, and let me tell you that i am still trying to get used to being treated this well by an employer. the insurance is outrageous and my husband and i are uninsured at the moment because of it, major factor, but i have plenty reason to stay. i hope you find a happy place!

heartlover07, RN · Nov 18, 2008

I have just started for this company recently, my preceptor was AWESOME! I have been on my own now for about 2 months and I must say the paper work is starting to be a real drag. I think part of the problem for me is that I am also in school for my BSN, which of course is a ton of paper work and being on the computer too. So in short I feel overwhelmed, but this is not necessarily the company's fault.

I think the pay is more than fair, I work 3 days per week in the field (about 10am to 4-pm) and then I spend another several hours at home (prob about 10 hours per week on paper work). I make more than I did full time at a hospital for this. I do not need the bennies cause myself and my kids are on my husband's insurance.

Right now i am frustrated because there is a QA nurse who works in the office who calls my voicemail/cellphone many times per day for a bunch of minor paper work corrections that I feel could wait until I make my weekly visit into the office. It is driving me mad............. :banghead:

**Elektra6, ASN, BSN, RN** · Nov 21, 2008

Last year I recall a tv ad running during the Christmas holidays showing a nurse driving through a terrible storm at night to attend to her patient. It impressed me and made me cringe at the same time.

She's called Nurse Lisa. At my Peds class they told me they hired that woman at the time because she looked like Carol Hathaway from ER. I thought that was funny.