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]

Quote

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.