flahomenurse

Congratulations!!

I am a Branch Director/DON. I won't hire a new grad for home care but I will hire someone without recent acute care or home care experience. Home care includes a lot of basic nursing and teaching. Anything else that is done that the nurse hasn't performed can be taught. I base my hiring decision on personality, willingness to learn and prior references. Just because someone is experienced doesn't mean they are the best candidate. I like to give people a chance to try a different field of nursing. I had little acute care experience when I took my first position in Home care and thank goodness they gave me the chance. It saved me from getting out of nursing all together.

I am a Branch Director. I would fight my corporation if they wanted tracking devices for my field staff. Part of the draw of Home health is the autonomy of practice that it has. If their paperwork is turned in and the patients are happy and taken care of, I have no problem. Having been a field nurse I can assure you I would not have worked for anyone who tracked my every movement.

congratulations and good luck!!!