Home Health Salary???

[mmdacar]

Hi All, I would really appreciate some advice. I recently applied for, and received a job offer for a home health agency in South Dakota. I'm a RN with just over 2 years experience. 1 year 4 months in a large university hospital on an intermediate care abdominal transplant and surgical oncology unit and currently 10 months in an outpatient hemodialysis clinic. The job offer is PRN (I plan to stay at the dialysis clinic) and they plan to use me mainly for admissions. There are no benefits offered. They offered me $20/hr with $.37/mile plus "windshield time" starting from the office. They also said after orientation they would most likely give me a $.50 raise. I would really love some opinions to see if this seems like it is worth my time? Just for some background on how low nursing salaries are in this area, the local healthcare system offers $17/hr clinic $22/hr hospital to new grads with 2.5% increases/year experience. I moved here from AZ and was shocked at the low salaries but I guess that is rural America for you??? Thanks for any input.

[LJ85, ADN, BSN, CNA, LPN]

What state is this in? I make base rate between $26/h and a specialty rate of $32/h on one client but that is rare. Usually a higher rate is paid if a nurse is trained in all specialties (trach, vent, infant etc.)

[LJ85, ADN, BSN, CNA, LPN]

One question I have is... Does the Home health nurse pay depend on what area you live? I know someone who is a home health LPN, says she makes $30 per hour? Does that sound right? That's more than some RN's make???

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[MrsNicuNurse]

I live in nebraska which i would presume would be comprable, and actually hospitals here in Lincoln start new grads at $20/hr so even less than SD. I also had 2 years exp when I accepted a HH position here and I make $23.50, I had to negotiate to get that though. I think they originally offered $22/hr. So I live in rural America and I still think its low.