Interveiw Questions

[PinkCamoCH47]

Hi, I am both new to this site and new, hopefully, to home health nursing. I have an interveiw this Wednesday for a job in Home Health. They are looking to hire me as a case manager, part time or full. Because I know little about home health I was wondering if you all could give me some good questions I should be asking them.

My husband is in the Military and I am looking to make a change to home health for a more sane schedule; I'd like to have weekends to myself and be able to see my husband once in a while! :) Am I correct in thinking that home health will give me a more "normal" schedule, more free time, etc.

Would you reccomend part or full time? What is a normal or acceptable patient load to handle as a case manager (I'm assuming they want me to do this due to me holding an RN, BSN?!)

Basically, I need good questions to ask them so that I am sure that I am headed into a good, not a bad, situation!!! Any help would be SOOOO helpful. Thank you! :)

[purpledaisies]

In my agency, 24 hrs/wk case manages 18-22 pts. You do not have to have a BSN to case manage, but you do have to be an RN. A typical 8 hr day for me is seeing 6-7 pts, but that changes depending on admissions (SOC), resumptions (ROC), recerts and d/c. SOC & ROC count as 2 pts...so I could do 4 revisits and a ROC in an 8 hr day. I like 24 hrs because on my days off, I can pick up per visit (like per diem) when I want, and there is no set amount I would have to see...I could pick up 1 pt if I wanted.

Ask them how many pts you would be expected to see in an 8hr day, what the mileage reimbursement is, how many pts you are expected to case manage, and what their per visit rates are.

HTH:twocents: