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was hoping someone could offer me some advice...I have been a nurse for almost 3 years...graduated and immediately completed a Med surg fellowship and have worked there my entire nursing career...I am at a point where i want something different..completely different..and am unsure of the route to take...I have to admit I am in search of something less intense and less physical ..which i know leaves me with very little options as far as nursing goes. (I have aquired a bad back and shoulder at the age of 30 directly relating to patient "lifting") I have heard of people working for insurance companies etc..and wonder how to go about finding information about those kind of jobs...any advice...and what about home health...?

ok that gave me alot to think about....I havent even made one phone call yet...i guess the bottom line is I am scared i will make a mistake and hate it...and the other bottom line is I fear being on my own with out my fellow nurses by my side I dont know its depressing and getting old I need to make a move or shut up...i realize this thank you so much for info ren...I make 25 an hour working prn right now..3 days a week 8 hrs...i want to make the equivelent with out having to work 40 hours to match it does that make sense? maybe i have been spoiled

how do you know which home health agency is a 'good' one? I have been a nurse for about 2 years with only med surg experience..i am totally confused about all aspects of home health and afraid i will end up with a 'sh#t box company...what is average pay...prn vs. part time/full time...i want to leave med/surg due to the nurse /patient ratio...is it over whelming out on your own? i need advice so desperately because I have been too afraid actually look for another job . do you think its appropriate for a new nurse to work in HH? anyway any and all replies much appreciated!!!

thank you..I am always told that I know more than I think..its hard to evaluate when all you do is run from fire to fire..its funny on a 'slow day' i will 4 patients and can actually read some charts get to see their history talk with the patients and oh ya go pee and eat lunch uninterupted..on a bad day i will 6 with a tech that is no where to be found and doesnt like taking 'orders' such as lets see whats in her job description...two of those sic will be completes on isolation with huge dressing changes another will be on restraints and screaming 'nurse' all day...another will be a tsl 3 on watch and my praying all day its not until after 330 ugh..i am bitter...I am just overwhelmed. and like patient care i like to hold hands of an elderly patient and make a difference i think my problem is i work so hard making sure they are bathed and fresh and out of bed and given enough attention that i am just exhuasted and then you see some nurses sit on their butts all day with out a care in the world ..drives me nuts anyway i've crossed the line into a mini novel here i will shut up

ok...i have been a nurse for about 18 months now..i know this because my sign on bonus slaved labor is completed..so now after having worked 18 months fresh out of school on a med./surg floor...i want out!!! I am strung out and need a change. I have been struggling with my options and am curious about home health. one of my concerns is money..I need to make it...but dont want to bust my bum i am used to prn 3 days a week..and second of all I am terrified that out on my own i will fail and not be able to care for these people its a safety net in the hospital to have fellow nursed around for guidance etc. I am scared i will be in a situation like a 'code' or i will not detect a non thriving patient..anyway if anyone could advise me i would be so grateful..this has been a very tough decision and i need to get on with it thanks !

ok first time psting...just saying hello..I mostly just hate when people assume i know everything there is to know about thiere sick relatives and when i dont give them answers they want they act as if I must be the idiot...can you tell this is a real issue for me I feel like i am a reference manual..i should charge.