tlucero49

Yay! I got my email to interview for the program yesterday. I don't know much, except that the first 2 semester maybe with other NP programs. Good luck!

Well, my experience is that some nurses think that home health is easier than floor nursing and that can be true in some aspects but to do your recommended # of pt, travel time, and supposed to be charting at the houses, nurses have to have good time mgmt skills. Most of my pts were in the mountain areas and sketchy internet access, so I did my charting mostly at home. And for a PRN nurse I was pretty much working 5-12hr shifts plus rotating on-call weekends/holidays. Great pay but my agency wouldn't give me full-time benefits for working a full time shift so I went to hospital nursing. But I gained a lot of experience, especially with wounds that some of hospital nurses don't get, unless they are on the woundcare team. PS, I was a new nurse with only 2 months of SNF experience and stayed with HH for over a yr.

Wait, you accepted the job. Sometimes being charge for the day/night comes with the job. That being said, i know how hard working at a SNF can be. I had 45 pts per night 30 if i worked the skilled hall and since i was the only RN at night it was my license on the line every night for all 4 halls bcuz the other nurses were LPNs. Ps, I only lasted 2 months and it was my first job out of nursing school. So, I feel your pain. You will find something perfect for you, it just takes some time.