Night shift Home Care 2014? Thoughts Please!!

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Hello Nurses. I am going to apply for nursing agencies and start working as a Rn homecare nurse. I have a soon to be 3 year old daughter who will be starting Daycare soon and the shift which works best for me is NIGHT shift. I will be working in NY...Any night nurses out there, what are your thoughts on the night shifts? how is it? What agencies has a good rep. To work for? What about salary...Any one knows how much they pay for night nurses doing homecare?? thanks y'all!!!!;) Vam.RN

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

Not in NY- I work for a pediatric agency in Indiana. My client is a vent-dependent toddler. I love it. It's a perfect second job for me (I am a staff RN in a pediatric ICU).

The pay is nowhere near my hospital pay- BUT I am at the top of the scale there due to my years of experience. I have referred plenty of co-workers to this agency- and for them (

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Not in NY- I work for a pediatric agency in Indiana. My client is a vent-dependent toddler. I love it. It's a perfect second job for me (I am a staff RN in a pediatric ICU).

The pay is nowhere near my hospital pay- BUT I am at the top of the scale there due to my years of experience. I have referred plenty of co-workers to this agency- and for them (

Thanks mesnmaryjean for the reply. I'm glad to hear your experience. I've worked with homecare before but was a day shift nurse. hopefully i will adjust good going to nights. :):nurse:

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Specializes in Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty.

Sounds like you're talking about Private Duty Nursing, not Home Health?

There's a separate AN sub-forum for PDN: Private Duty Nursing

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