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it's cross recruiting, who says i work for them and they contract me to "at home health."

thanks for your replies! starting to think i'm getting jerked around by this agency. when i spoke to the recruiter on the phone initially (he called me, found my resume online) he talked about home health, mostly peds. i told him i was not ready to go back into hospital nursing. when i got to the interview, he was talking about agency work in hospitals. i said "i thought this was home health?" and he was like oh yeah, right, sorry, i'm planning a birthday party, so my mind is on that, yada yada yada. he said everything was in order for me to do home health and i just needed to do a skills lab, one was happening the next monday but was already full. we'll call you when the next one comes up, probably within a month. then he calls me today talking about classes i need to take to work agency in a hospital! i said again i do not want to work in a hospital and he's like oh yeah, i remember you saying that, we'll call you when there's another skills lab, could be next week, could be another month. seems to me it's time to start looking for another place to work. is this typical? telling me i'll be doing one thing and then trying to get me to do something else?

hi all, i'm new here and new to HH. just got a new job in this area and don't really know what i'm getting into. i was hired by cross recruiting and the recruiter's given me some examples of what's available but i don't have a clear picture of what my patients will be like. it will be shift work, mostly peds, shifts from 4-12 hours. he said they don't do trachs/vents, mostly tube feedings. my question is, what will i be doing? will the patient be conversant/able to play? what am i allowed to do if they are not? i assume i'll be doing a.m. care, diaper changes, meds, feedings, but that doesn't take 12 hours. am i allowed to read? am i allowed to bring a pot of coffee and lunch to the house? i guess i could ask my new employer but i feel awkward...the recruiter's not a nurse and i'd rather hear from those who have experience doing this. if this has already been covered, please tell me where to look. thanks!