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What the day-to-day looks like
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Benefits
Employer-matched retirement, pay-on-demand, generous PTO and paid holidays, comprehensive health/wellbeing, paid documentation time, mileage or car-program options, scholarships and training; some hospice roles add sign-on bonus and frontloaded PTO.
The city
Living in Coon Rapids, MN
Coon Rapids is a suburban community north of Minneapolis along the Mississippi River. It offers a quieter, family-oriented pace with riverside parks like Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park, while keeping the broader Twin Cities metro within easy commuting reach.
Browse roles in Coon Rapids- State price level · Minnesota
- 98.6
- 1% below the national average
- Median gross rent
- $1,494/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
You are deciding whether Vivie in the Coon Rapids, Minnesota area fits the kind of nursing you want to do day to day.
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More about Vivie
Vivie is a private aging-services organization formed in 2024 when Knute Nelson and Walker Methodist came together; headquarters sits in Alexandria, and the work spans home health, hospice, assisted living, memory care, and long-term care across Minnesota communities. If you take a Home Health RN role, your day is in clients’ homes—skilled nursing, EMR documentation, supervising LPNs and HHAs, and handling payer authorization. Full-time patterns show up as 80 hours per pay period on Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. or a weekend Thu–Mon block at the same hours; PRN asks for at least three shifts a month. Postings state Home Health RN pay around $35–$42/hour, with paid documentation time and mileage or car-program options. Hospice RN listings (for example in Baxter) run roughly $35.34–$46/hour with a $5,000 sign-on and frontloaded PTO. You will need a current Minnesota RN license, CPR within six months of hire, and a valid driver’s license with an insured personal vehicle. Benefits language for Home Health includes employer-matched retirement, pay-on-demand, generous PTO and paid holidays, and health coverage, plus scholarships and training. Careers pages stress flexible schedules and leadership support for growth. The honest catch: public reviews are few and mixed—about 3.1/5 from six Glassdoor reviews, with only around one in three saying they would recommend the place, and comments that name drama, cliques, management churn, and feeling overwhelmed when change outruns support.
Mission stated as enrich, empower, and elevate people through life’s journey, with services from independent living through home health and hospice.
Why nurses stay
How they describe the culture
What nurses say in reviews
About 3.1/5 from six Glassdoor reviews; roughly one in three would recommend to a friend, and business outlook is around 35% positive. Nurses split between collaborative mission-driven teams and reports of drama, cliques, management instability, poor communication, and overwhelm from rapid change; work-life balance is called decent until workload tightens.
The good
- Home Health RN postings at $35–$42/hour for full-time weekend Thu–Mon blocks
- Hospice RN ranges up to $46/hour with $5,000 sign-on and frontloaded PTO on some postings
- Paid documentation time plus mileage or car-program options for home visits
- Flexible full-time Mon–Fri or weekend patterns and PRN with a three-shift monthly minimum
The hard parts
- Only about six Glassdoor reviews averaging roughly 3.1/5, with ~one-third recommending
- Reports of drama, cliques, management instability, and poor communication
- Rapid organizational change and thin support leave some nurses overwhelmed
- Work-life balance described as inconsistent when workload and resources tighten
“I came for the sign-on bonus. I stayed because on my hardest night, my whole team stayed with me.”
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