how much does a nurse cost?

amother ↓

Mon, Oct 03 2011, 12:30 pm

I live in wb and expecting twins. I would like to know how much a nurse would cost.
1- a 24 hour nurse
2- a seperate day and night nurse.

I heard that u could get from the city a nurse for 12 hours a day. is it true?
do you have to write that the children are delayed or something similar?

pls help

skymile

Mon, Oct 03 2011, 1:16 pm

I asked a friend that's a baby nurse and she said the prices vary greatly. she says twins could be between 1.5x to 2x normal rate.
24 hour could be between 300 to 350. she doesn't know of a minimum.
other hours would probably be between 25-35 per hour per child.
also she wasn't aware of the city/state paying for a baby nurse unless the child/children are not physically CH"V well. in which case you would get one from the hospital.
feel free to pm me for her number

kitov

Mon, Oct 03 2011, 2:49 pm

I think if they are born prematurely or if the doctor writes a note that you feel incapable or the like, you can get one from the city.

Ruchel

Mon, Oct 03 2011, 5:08 pm

I had several weird experiences with state provided nurses - I ended up deciding I would do better on my own already (but I had a singleton). The free nurses need to be checked and monitored carefully in the beginning, I wanted to say it (not that paid ones need to be trusted from start either).

life'sgreat

Mon, Oct 03 2011, 5:46 pm

luv2cook4eva wrote:

24 hour nurse can start at $120 (though it's unusual and they might not be 'experts') but definitely not 300+. That's absurdly expensive. Not all nurses charge a lot more for twins

It might pay to get a 24 hour nurse over a day/night nurse separately.

chrysanthemum

Tue, Oct 04 2011, 5:05 pm

I just had fraternal twin girls (and I have a 2 1/2 year old at home) My girls are 5 month old now. I had a baby nurse for six weeks. It cost 500 a week plus 65$ agency fee. I don’t know what your situation is but right now I have a live-in nanny and I like her way better then the baby nurse. I am paying my nanny 1200 a month (which I think is unusually cheep) I found her on craigslist. I interviewed her 3 times, checked multiple references and started with a one week trial. B”H it worked out.
Good luck with everything!

↑ amother

Wed, Jan 21 2015, 4:59 pm

I used them and was so very happy with them so I figured I would let e/o know
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elisheva25

Wed, Jan 21 2015, 5:35 pm

There is an agency that provides nurses ( I think in Lakewood) . And when I had my baby (2yrs ago), I called to find out their prices, I believe they told me its 24/6, the nurse gets one day off and its $500. I didn't end up needing one. 500 is a reasonable price. The only things is, and this is why I didn't hire a baby nurse, if you have other kids they won't help, they are there only for the baby. I was looking for help all around. If you have other kids, it may make more sense to find full time live in help. Live in help is around 400-550/week, depending on where you live.

doctorima

Wed, Jan 21 2015, 7:58 pm

amother wrote:

I don't know anything about this agency, but I would be cautious to accept an anonymous recommendation for it on a 3-year-old thread. It may be legit, or it may be someone from the agency looking for free advertising. If it's legit, you should re-post under your SN and people will take it more seriously.