UFEDRN

Thank you everyone for your information. I talked with the DON and told her I felt it wasn't needed for my consideration of the job. She agreed and told me not to fill it out. (Luckily I knew her from a former job.)

I applied for a new job and part of the hire packet included a medical history paper. It asks about my medical history, my family medical history, even if I've ever had anesthesia. Is this allowed?

Right now I'm doing case management with Hospice....I can see between 7-14 patients a day...but I'm in an ALF...they're all in one place...but that allows me assessment time, wound care, teaching, med reviews, MD calls, etc. I feel as if I'm comfortable with this...but I know home health is a completely different field. I'm flexible though. Thanks everyone for all of your replies!!!!

As a fellow mom...do you feel like it's flexible? Do you feel like you have time for your kids or that you're working more at home? Thanks for your input!

I really appreciate your insight. I don't want to make the jump without really understanding what I may be getting into. The way this company works is that a SOC counts for 2, a regular visit counts for 1, recerts are 1.5, IV stuff is 1.5, resumptions are 1.5...and so on and so forth. So I was hoping to do between 40-50 to really make a good amount. From what I've been told the company has plenty of work...in fact, they've been telling the marketing people to turn business away because they don't have enough staff. I'm awaiting a final interview with the DON and then I need to tell her if I want full time or start out PRN with some weekend work. I've thought I should try it out first, but then I thought I should just go for it. I'm young enough now to work really hard and make some money. So any other words of wisdom are appreciated.

My friend is very lucky being that she is at one ALF all day long. The patients are usually post op teaching, insulin/accuchecks, weights, etc....but the nurses in the homes usually are managing a LPN (who is IV certified, does insulins, dressings, and so forth) and HHA, doing the starts, recerts, etc. I don't believe the home nurses are doing as many of the dressing changes and insulins. My hopes are if I can get in and make a decent amount I'll eventually be able to get a position like my friend has and then I'll be able to make more.

I've had patients on Hospice who have actually been discharged from our services because they've gotten better...or no longer meet our criteria (life expectancy of 6 months or less.)

I'm considering a job in home health that pays per visit. Roughly $40/visit, SOC $80, and so forth. Full time with benefits is 35 visits a week. A friend of mine works for them, but is based in an ALF, not doing home visits and does 10-15 visits a day...so needless to say she's bringing home $4000+ every two weeks. My question is....is this possible with home visits too? Or am I dreaming too big? Thanks in advance for any thoughts!!! :)