nursing assistant

licensed practical nurse

registered nurse - home health

healthcare recruiter

home care nurse

Ekidzcare

My day at work was different from day to day. Typically I went to my patients house in the AM, to bath and perform ADL's with/for my patient. I administered medications and feedings via gtube. Some days we attended school in a classroom setting, in the summer we went to a day camp, and other days (depending on condition) we remained in their home. Throughout the day I provided direct patient care as well as medication/feeding administration, transfer of the patient from bed to chair and back, monitored patient condition, document observations every 2 hours, reported any changes to supervisor and MD's, and close contact with multiple MD's. I learned alot in this position since other than my own children, I had limited pediatric experience. I learned to effectively communicate with a nonverbal patient. I also got to experience and interact with children with other disabilites while attending school/camp. I really did not have co-workers other than my supervisor, DON, etc I worked independently. It was helpful that my patient's caregiver had flexible scheduling allowing me to have the same to accomodate my children at times. I absolutely LOVED my patient and the family, and even after seperating from the position almost a year ago we remain in contact. The hardest part of the job was the disease that effect the children I had the pleasure of interacting with during my employment. That was just my own emotions getting involved, so I guess it was hard to not become attached to the children, especially my patient. You spend 8-12hrs/day everyday one on one with someone for a year... It is hard to think of the patient as just a job. I admire that child greatly!! From birth my patient was compromised from multiple health issues, due to tragedy at a young age a parent was lost and the primary caregiver was another family member. Anyway, my point is my patient was delt a terrible, terrible hand and throughout it all the patient is happy, ALWAYS smiling and headstrong and just a great kid!! So I guess that is the hardest part of the job...attachment!! I kind of think this kid is very special and that is why my emotions are so strong. I would like to think that I would feel the same way with another pediatric patient although they'd have some tough shoes to fill!! The truth is, I never thought I could do anything like this before. But, after being touched by all the children in school/camp I am so glad to have had the opportunity to be involved in these programs through my position with Ekidz!!! The only complaint I have, which you sort of know when accepting a position in an agency that the hours are not always guaranteed. Overall, I loved this job and if not for relocating to an area that is not in the companys regions I would have continued my employment as long as Ekidz had allowed me!! It was an excellent chance for me to expand my skills and experience in a new type of setting, both in the home/school, and in pediatrics!

This company only cares about their bottom line. Corporate Management does not take the time to get to know the external employees or the families/children they serve. The turnover rate for office positions including management is very high. Corporate Management does not provide any support to their office managers or teams they only provide criticisms and will get rid of you at the drop of a dime with replacement waiting in the wings. The vision and mission statement is followed by the individual office staff and management but corporate does not care about either statements. Again, it is all about the numbers. You can pour your heart and soul into the agency and build a great rapport with the external nurses and families but none of that matters. In the middle of a pandemic the office management is told Covid is long gone and should not affect the bottom line. This is not a service oriented company. Upper management does not care about the quality of services that are provided. Individual agencies are told to only help and serve families where the most revenue would be made and to decline providing services to the families for which a huge profit would not be made. Both the Regional Clinical Director and the Regional Supports Director set the individual offices up to fail by demanding unreasonable performance. The Vice President of Operations is the only person that cares about the individual offices but she only listens to the Regional Clinical Director and the Regional Supports Director and follows their recommendations without investigating,  which leads to the high turnover rate. I would not recommend working for this company if you are looking for an office support role such as Nursing supervisor, HR Coordinator, Case Manager, or Branch Director. There are absolutely no medical benefits of any kind , 401 is available but they do not match at all. You are expendable even if you come in and double the census and revenue it is just not good enough. If you bring the numbers up meeting and exceeding corporates expectations, during a pandemic you will still be let go so they can bring someone else in at a lower pay rate to save money. It is very disappointing to work for a company that does not recognize the growth that occurred during a time where growth is very difficult, pandemic. It is very disappointing to not receive your 90 day review, and your annual review. How can an employee truly know how corporate feels about their performance without these reviews. To have never received a verbal or written warning about performance and to just be fired for performance is irresponsible and cruel. I am not writing this because I am a disgruntled former employee, I am writing this to inform everyone of the culture of the company prior to walking in and experiencing what every local branch employee does. Again to be forced to leave a job without any indication that you are not meeting their expectations is unfair but it is their practice.  

This is a company that doesn't care about it's people, customers or the children they care for. They hire you and pay you based on doing the work of one person but you end up doing the work of 2 or 3 people in full time positions, staying until all hours to get work completed while getting paid as little as possible. They offer zero training, zero support, zero benefits, are unethical and extremely dishonest people. When you ask for help and support, they lie directly to you and then fire you with zero notice (which I witnessed over and over). There are a lot of really hard working employees in this company who are fantastic at their jobs and genuinely care about the clients (including myself) but unless they are willing to lower themselves and kowtow to the VP, they will be quickly replaced. The VP knows nothing about running a business and if you offer ideas as to how to grow the business etc., she will most likely fire you. She has also admitted to "not even liking children" and unless she is replaced by someone with business knowledge, this company will continue on with constant turnover, poor retention and ridiculous training methods (binders with instructions in them). Anyone who knows anything about running a business knows that you need to be good to your people, offer benefits and invest significantly into proper training. You have to spend money to make money, therefore you need to be staffed appropriately to allow a business to grow instead of understaffing and overworking employees until they burn out and leave and then Repeat.... Repeat.... Repeat.... Insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. This is pure insanity and it is such a shame.

worked with me only wanting part time.  Due to my own health it worked out great. Flexible hours and KINDA make your own schedule.. the said child started school that wanted me. To drive to the house at 7 EVERYDAY but him on the bus at 810 than get back in my truck drive to school than spend the day than put him on the bus drive back to his house get him off the bus than drive park WALK to the afternoon bus stop than walk him home than leabe...  mind you mom owns the store where the 2nd bus stop is and dad gets home from at 710amso I asked about retjem to help with the gas miles or dont make me go in the morning... well mom wasn't happy I refused to go after school cause my hrs ended at 3 330 due to my own child needing picked up.  So mom made al TON on lies about me calling off )child had appointments and the mother told me not to come than I only worked 2 days of xmas vacation and mom is saying I wasn't there.  They than called me a d had no time to listen just accuse me and when I tried talking them said its he said she said so I have to get a warning!! 

Fi ally I let everyt huh kng go and 2 weeks later they want to call and start the drama all over again. I did get mad and told her where to shove her job boyf you told have time to fight for your employee and have there back than I dont want to work for them especially when you wrote me up with bot proof just hear say!! 


Unless you want to work for self centers people who only care about them selves take this job I've got enough laughs s from these clowns the past few months someone else can now deal with the.!!!

Ekidz Care is a very productive and rewarding company to work for. Interacting with my client and family members to provide the best care possible. My day begins with medication administration and activities of daily living. Which usually include bathing and dressing for school or an appointment. There are weekly trach changes and mickey button balloon checks. Daily dressing and trach tie changes. I prepare and administer bolus feedings as scheduled. Once that is complete I prepare and pack a snack and lunch for school. I accompany my client to school and remain on standby during class. So that if there is any suctioning is needed or other medical issues may arise. However I do supervise mealtime. When class is finished we return home. Report is given to family and equipment is plugged in to charge for next use. The entire day is charted and my supervisor is notified of any changes to medication or care. This includes any physician appointments and/or surgery dates.

When hired they promised cases close to me but I was only given cases that were an hour drive. They promised a sign on bonus upon hire but when I requested to have it the terms of me getting it changed repeatedly depending on who I spoke to. Then the cherry on top was one day after working for Ekidz for 10 months I had to show proof of income and when I pulled up my paystub I realized my pay was wrong. So I went through all 10 months of my pay stubs just to find out the weren’t paying me correctly for 6 months. I promptly brought this to the attention of the company and instead of apologizing the asked me why I waited so long to bring it up! They eventually after another month paid me for the hours I worked. Also it was not unusual for me to work 24 hours straight (on 3 separate cases). No by my choice but that would be the schedule I was given. They had no care for their nurses, only for the money they were getting for the hours I could cover.

If you're looking to slack off and get away with it while still being paid, then this is the place for you! Especially if you're a nurse/aid or working internally on the central team or clinical team. These positions can do whatever they want. Even after informing supervisors of the multiple, daily, errors that are made, nothing will happen to you due to high levels of desperation. 

Literally, anyone could get hired here. They break the rules for certain individuals, yet make them very strict for others. There's a lack of consistency, management, and basic comprehension. I truly feel bad for the few who know how to do their job and have to work with idiot coworkers all day. Internal staff are barely trained and thrown into the piles of work that have been missed for the past few months. 

Good luck working here if you do.

I have worked here for almost a year and I am very happy with the new Director and the Nursing supervisor. I was not happy with the blonde who was the HR person. She was very unprofessional, rude, and did not have a clue what she was doing. She also dressed like she was on a beach and looked very sloppy all the time. When I would come to the office all she would do is gossip about the other employees, very negative person. It is a much better atmosphere now that she is no longer there. The current staff really cares about their employees and their patients and the environment is positive and fun and now I enjoy coming in each Friday. I highly recommend this place to all nurses and parents looking for home health services for their children.

Office is run like a sorority house, you either fit in due to lack of ethics or you dont and will be run out quickly. Treat clients and external staff with disrespect but feel they should be respected due to managment position. Power struggle between Director and Home Care Coordinator, complete obvious lack of professionalism with all management. Corporate is well aware of the issues but will do nothing about it because the office makes money. If I could go back in time I would have never taken this job, I should have gone with my gut instinct in the interview and turned it down. The work itself is quite easy, I did not find myself challenged.

I feel that the office people do their best from where they are. However getting out into the field especially on the adult side to see the clients is most desparately needed. A visit to some of the facilities you contract with wouldn't hurt. Having a face with the name on the phone would help. giving bonuses or raises to your long time employees help them to stay with you. Once a facility has you scheduled it should be in the company contract that must keep the employee the they sceduled them for.

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