[hospicegirl]

Hi everyone! I'm doing research here in UK on the factors which attract people to hospice work/palliative care. Doing qualitative interviews in UK but would be very interested to hear from hospice nurses anywhere what it was that brought you into the work, and to read about your personal journey.

[bay bay]

I went into Hospice when my mom's prognosis didn't look good. I feared the unknown. I wanted to be prepared to help my mom have the most comfort in what I thought would be her last year of life. Thankfully, she is doing well, and I found Hospice to be the "Florence Nightingale" of all the areas of nursing I've tried. Good luck with your research.

[aimeee]

I worked in long term care after graduating. After 5 years of that, I felt like I was ready for a new challenge. The local hospice sponsored a pain management seminar and that got me interested. When an opening came up soon after I thought it would be great to be really able to focus in on providing comfort and support at end of life. I wanted to be able to have relationships with my patients/families rather than rushing in for just 5 minutes at a time.