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Ambulatory & Community

Clinic, infusion, oncology, dialysis and home health nursing.

Units in this group

Infusion

Outpatients receiving chemotherapy, biologics, antibiotics and blood products.

Oncology

Patients receiving cancer treatment across inpatient and outpatient settings.

Dialysis

Patients receiving hemodialysis in acute, chronic or CRRT settings.

Home Health

Patients receiving skilled nursing in their own homes, largely autonomously.

Hospice & Palliative

Patients at end of life, in home, facility or inpatient hospice settings.

Case Management

Inpatients requiring discharge planning, utilization review and care coordination.

Clinic / Ambulatory

Outpatients in physician practice and specialty clinic settings — triage, procedures, education.

How these units differ

They look interchangeable on a job description and are not. The single most common cause of a failed placement in this group is a req that names the unit but not the acuity, the ratio or the equipment — so a candidate arrives qualified on paper and unable to hold the assignment.

UnitTypical ratio
InfusionTypically 1:4 to 1:6 chairs
OncologyTypically 1:4 inpatient
DialysisTypically 1:3 to 1:4
Home HealthVisit-based, typically 5–7 per day
Hospice & PalliativeVisit- or census-based
Case ManagementTypically 15–25 patient caseload
Clinic / AmbulatoryProvider-based

What to specify when you send the req

We ask for patient population, acuity, ratio, equipment and shift pattern at intake, plus the exact credential the unit requires rather than the job title. If you are not sure what to specify, describe the patients and we will work backwards to the credential.

Licensure in this division

Registered nursing is covered by the Nurse Licensure Compact in most of the country, so a multistate license lets a nurse work across member states without a new application. Thirteen jurisdictions sit outside it — Alaska, California, DC, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands — and in those markets every out-of-state nurse needs a single-state license first. Those are the markets where reqs stay open longest.

How we work these reqs

Every candidate is spoken to before submittal, with licensure, certifications and unit-specific competency confirmed up front. Rates sit inside the ranges on our published cost breakdown.

Need ambulatory & community coverage?

Tell us the unit, the ratio and the start date.