How home health agencies treat travelers?

[Svit, BSN, LPN, RN]

Hi there,

I am thinking to start traveling home health job and was wondering how  home health companies treat us, travelers?

Do they give us a "dead" assignments ( I am referring to patients who is never home), do they give us bead areas to work?

Can you share your experience?

Thank you very much.

[londonflo]

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Do they give us a "dead" assignments ( I am referring to patients who is never home),

Doesn't a patient have to be essentially home-bound (except for MD visits) to receive home health care?

[Svit, BSN, LPN, RN]

londonflo said:

Doesn't a patient have to be essentially home-bound (except for MD visits) to receive home health care?

Yes they have to be but guess what.....

I was actually talking about patients you schedule visits with and then nobody opens the door. Or, when I worked PRN, the office would give me patients to see, you have to drive there, nobody is home. Guess what, you are not paid for this visit because you did not see the patient. As a result less money, wasted time. 

[BrittainRN]

Home Health travel nurses are paid by the hour, not by the visit.

 

[hhcarern]

Been a HH RN traveler for 5 yrs., went on FT, and per diem and recently went back. First and foremost, record your interview Q&A in case you need to refer back to it, then understand your contract in reference to what was discussed esp. if there's a "floating" option, I mean areas in terms of 1 county to the other as needed. Be clear and do not agree. It takes just 1 Yes to be taken advantaged. And they will,  they feel they pay the "big bucks".

Travel nurses hits the ground running and be adept with their EMR, charting will put you on overtime is always a question you need to be clear with because they will not pay over 40 hours. They would say, "we guarantee 40 hours" but will stop there and anything over 40 hours will not be paid, which on weekends you'd either spend time charting or OT after your weekdays of work.

Good luck!