Eleven011 replied to Eleven011's topic in Private Duty
Thanks for the replies! I live in a small town, I am 3 hours from the home office and these 2 cases are the only ones open around me. So I guess I hope they work out or I'm out a job. :) I did...
I have done mostly Home Health ( short visits ) and nursing home work and have taken a new job with a company that provides pediatric home nurses. I will have two homes, a 12 year old girl with...
I just started working at an inhospital KD unit and was wondering how long it took everyone to get the routine down and feel comfortable with the machines, patient care, etc.?? I have nursing...
I just started with KD and am almost done with my orientation. My unit is open 6 days a week with 2 shifts each day, an occasional person is a third shifter, if needed. We have 10 chairs. We have...
I loved that job - but life happens and we couldn't afford it. I hoped that we could, but we have been falling behind for some time now, and when this opportunity came up, I couldn't justify not...
It's an in hospital unit, but its for mostly established chronic KD patients. We get acutes from the hospital and ICU runs, but its not everyday. There is a PD aspect, but I don't have to learn...
Eleven011 replied to Eleven011's topic in Retired Nurses
Financially I can do it, because I was only working PRN (12- 20 hours per week) before I accepted this job, so the money is about the same. I know I could make more than double my current salary,...
I have been reading this section of the boards for awhile and see most people are paid per visit and do charting at home, etc. In the agency I work for, I go into the office in the morning, divide...
What are you doing workwise this holiday?? We do close on Christmas day unless there is a critical or daily patient. Then the 4 of us split the day before and day after. So I work Christmas eve...
Eleven011 replied to hotmama2be's topic in Home Health
Our dress code is scrubs or dress clothes and we almost always wear scrubs. In our small town, if you are getting visited by one of us, the neighbors know why, no matter what we are
Eleven011 replied to Eleven011's topic in Home Health
Its very interesting how different some places are. Even if we come in on a weekend, we punch in and get paid our actual time worked. Never been paid per visit! If we have 3 visits and they are...