The Pros of Home Health Care Nursing

Watch as I discuss 8 pros of working as a home health care nurse! This may be a field you have never thought of before, so listen up and see if this interests you!
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[alainahagen]

Sounds like you are describing Private duty nursing, not necessarily home health. Private duty nursing is usually a 1:1 setting all day. Home health nursing (i am one) w/ a certified agency: companies will have you seeing usually 4-6 patients in an 8-10 hr day. The charting can be extensive and overwhelming to get all of it done. Lower stress than a hospital, but still stressful in other ways. I wouldn't say "less germs" is always accurate either. Sometimes we have to go to hoarder homes, bed bugs, walking into homes that reek of cat or human urine.

[NursePeter]

Also consider home health care can be like visiting hospice where you do have multiple patients to see per day, and the other factor whether it is one or several is that patient homes can be everything from beautiful, comfortable, and clean to filled with smoke, dust, dirt... hording settings, tight spaces, etc. Now home healthcare for children will hopefully not be smoke filled but healthcare for

[Internationalstudyguide]

I'm a home health CNA. I enjoy it a lot

[nurselene]

Home health was the best thing that has ever happened to me. It was the best choice while I completed my LPN to RN program. I scheduled my own case load and negotiated my own pay. When school got tough I decreased my case load to less patients, even down to one to complete my last incredibly challenging course. I was still able to pay my bills and focus on school and even study at the patients home. Home health was truly a blessing!!!! It was such a good choice I am thinking about continuing in this field as a RN. We shall see :)

[mirandaalexis]

I do feel like you need bedside/acute care nursing experience in order to be a good home health nurse because then you know the difference between acute and chronic. I've had numerous home health and hospice nurses send us patients to the ER for their hospice illness or chronic issue because they didn't know what acute illness looks like.

[apriljones]

Home health is hell full time!!! You never truly rest!! . Pray pray pray. Different demons in Different homes

[hdudley]

Is this for a prn home health? I can see that being less stress, but if you are an employee part or full time for the home health agency- maybe not as a case manager but as a resource nurse or admission nurse you have 4 to 5 patients daily often different zones…and are going into homes by yourself, sometimes they will assign you 30 to 40 miles from each patient. Charting can be lengthy in home health too if you have a change in condition or do oasis scoring and need to set up a care plan. Also trying to navigate where to do skills in a home can be challenging and where to place items in a sterile field as not all homes are the same, and critical thinking by yourself is needed as patients sometimes may need to go to the ER and such..

[stephaniewillard]

Just discovered your channel and have been enjoying your videos.
However, it concerns me when you talk about "Home Health " nurses. Ive been a HH RN for over 26 years, including as a travel nurse for 6 of those years. But I feel you are talking about "private duty" Home Care (Health) nursing.
However as a Home Health nurse (with the multiple agencies out there like Amedisis, Caretenders, Kinded @ Home, LLC, etc) I have to see an average of 6 patients a day at their home, using basically all of my med surg skills. And most days doing anywhere from 1-3 very lengthy admissions . I also have to make mutiple phone calls & emails daily to MDs, caregivers, PT, OT, etc. I have to drop off labs and rush to get to the next patient's home on time. And after I finish seeing my patients for the day, especially if Ive had admissions that day(which we usually do) then I usually still have at least a couple of more hours at home to complete my documentation, if not longer. And often by the time I get home, Ive already been in the field for nearly my entire 8 hour day, especially if Ive had patients that were 30 miles apart, causing me to have to be in my car driving a good portion of my day...So its a very busy & stressful nursing job IMO and I find many agree in our private FB groups.
I will say that when I first became a HH nurse in the mid 90s, I did consider it almost a dream job. I loved the autonomy and being able to spend 1 on 1 time with my patients and the documentation wasnt bad at all. But when they introduced the "OASIS" assessment & documentation everything completely changed for the worse. The amount of documentation we have to do now has had me in tears many times. And it absoulutely effects my work/life balance. I find ut to be an extremely stressful nursing specialty. Thankfully as a travel nurse in HH, I now only work a few months a year.
And it has been a lucrative specialty, especially as a travel nurse, because Home Health agencies struggle so hard to maintain staff nurses, therefore, they need the help, same as in so many other areas of nursing these days.
As a RN, I've also taken part time jobs throughout my nursing career as a "private duty home care nurse", which I believe is actually what you are referring to.
And I do agree that it is a much lower stress job as a nurse and quite rewarding. You are usually in the home with one patient your entire shift and the documentation is pretty minimal in comparison to any other nursing job Ive ever worked. But it also does not pay nearly as well either.
But just thought you might want to clarify the difference in what you mean when you say... "Home Health" nurse :)

[kristahunter]

Thank you for the great conversation! Home Health nursing is a rewarding career and can be a great way to make a difference, all while in the comfort of the patient's homes!

[rlouis]

Yeah im a home care nurse i love 1 on 1 care I get alot of hours usually 48-60 hours a week. The weekly pay is awesome too

[zerocrane]

this sounds like private duty nursing, not home health.

[karahd]

First of all, I'm so thankful for your videos they help me often! I graduated with my bachelors in nursing back in 2012, I did not pass my NCLEX after graduation, ended up going a different route than I landed a position with early intervention help Me grow for over 5 years. Decided to take my NCLEX just for giggles and passed it on a whim a few months ago!! I've since accepted a full time med surg residency position at a hospital however the commute is an hour and I quickly learned that 12 hours turned into a 15 hour day real quick with my commute, so I am missing out on my children and struggling with that. I don't qualify for a part-time position with that company at this point yet. As much as I enjoy the skills I am thinking about trying to find something more flexible and closer to home for that reason, right now I'm currently considering a WIC position or home health. I have someone who is willing to hire me and expand my skills. I appreciate this video, definitely lots of insight!

[RyanH_]

Seriously considering of going to school for nursing post HS to become a FT RN for my sibling who receives nursing care in the home

[kesakesaa]

i loved home health. i loved the autonomy but hated the dirty homes/the safety part of it. You never know who is in the home or what lifestyle the patient or their family members has. Due to thati'm back doing bedside.

[monroesweldingservices]

Going into it due to injuries from different work I did before but looking forward to it as well I'll be able to take care if a family member can you go to travel nurseing right out of school as well? Or do you need lots of experience first

[mystilooch]

Not low stress for me? I see 40 patients a week and drive around 70–100 miles a day. The documentation is surreal

[ruwanmalinda]

What is the different of caregiver & home nurse..

[kaylahood]

I took care of my grandma in her home and we got really close. The nursing home setting isn’t for me at all. I really want to do pediatric home health. With my experience with working with kids in the school system. And I have done home health as a caregiver. The only thing it’s not consistent. When I do become a nurse home health is where I’ll like to be.

[SlackerE]

How about 1 nurse, 30 patients. Or 49 patients!

[parivaiphei]

I am headache of home health.. No test and no rest, 😵