shift care vs visits.

I live in new Jersey. I do shift work and LOVE IT. I do infant/toddler trach/vent dependant children. My rate ranges from 28-50$ hourly. I work for three agencies so I can find consistent work if one area/region is slow. Hope this helps :-)

I've done visits too. Its very time consuming and you only get paid a low flat rate per visit. You schedule your own visits but there is a lot of driving and charting takes additional time once your home.

Doing visits is very different from shift work. Shift work involves taking care of total patient needs, which often includes tasks that are not nursing-specific, such as personal care and feeding. When doing visits think specifically what you as a nurse can do for that patient. Research your patient beforehand and determine what their needs are, which will stem from their diagnosis. My typical home care visit would consist of a quick head to toe assessment with a focus on whatever their diagnosis indicated, for instance assessing a surgical site. There may or may not be a specific nursing task you are there to do, such as a dressing change. Also look for any teaching needs related to their primary and secondary diagnoses. I did not adhere to a specific time frame when doing visits, though I would say the average was 1/2 hour to 45 minutes for a basic case. Assess, teach, check for new meds, make sure they understand their meds, see if they have any questions/concerns, and out the door. Of course do any hands on tasks that are needed as well. Hope this helps!

Hi nurseprice. Did you go from LVN-BSN? I've seen a couple of your posts on AN and just curious. I'm an LVN, almost done with ADN school (3 more weeks!) Wondering if the ADN will hurt my chances of getting a job seeing as most prefer BSNs.