How Much Does a Hospice Nurse Make?

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Hello everyone, I will have a year experience in acute care in September which is the minimum requirement for 2 Hospice jobs I have recently applied for here in NC.

Does anyone know what the salary rate for a Hospice nurse is? Especially in NC? I've always wanted to be a Hospice nurse but no one would hire me in NC when I first moved here as a New Grad last year.

Second, those that do work as a Hospice nurse here, how do you like it?

My mother had a Hospice nurse when she passed away with cancer and that nurse is the reason why I went to nursing school in the first place. I always will remember her for her kindness and the care she gave to my mother. I want to be that Hospice nurse, it would be my dream job!

Any info would be much appreciated!:redbeathe

$28/hour x 40 hours salary for weekend on-call RN in the Chicago-Detroit cradle, logging an average of 35 hours/weekend including travel time, all hours of the day and night. There are times when I think "I can't believe I get paid to do this!" and other times I think, "I need a raise"

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Specializes in Neonatal-Pedi, Hospice, Triage, Abstraction.

I live in Texas, worked for a big non profit hospice pay was low CM salary $60,000 /$26/hr but you had your weekends holidays free. & case load 15 pt's LOTS of mileage. On call paid more, $31/hr plus $2 diffs for wkend and after midnight. Just switched to smaller hospice paying $35/hr

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Specializes in Hospice.
Noey67 said:
NO necessarily and I have never heard much of anything positive about a hospital based hospice..

I work for a hospital based hospice. The pay scale is the same as what RNs who work in the hospital make. For me, it was a pay cut from a LTC manager position, but I love what I do now. The hospice I work for is great - we have a very good manager and a great team.

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Specializes in Hospice and Palliative Nurse.

I have worked in hospice for 15 years. On a bad case, there is no amount of money that would be enough, on a good case I would do it for free....so far, the good out number the bad LOL

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Specializes in telemetry, acute care, skilled nursing,.

this is a probably an old thread - but for Vitas in San Diego - starting is 38/hr plus milege etc. At another hospice it is $34/hr - Season's Hospice

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Specializes in Nursing Leadership.

I live in southwest Florida and make about $45k salary plus mileage, benefits, bonuses etc. I am thinking about going to PRN with the same company and would make $30 per hour plus mileage but no benefits (64 hours per month minimum). Also, we are on the clock 8a-5p M-F, no weekends. Pay is not great, but I love the work and there are lots of opportunities for growth and movement around the company as hospice and palliative care services are growing.

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Specializes in Nursing Leadership.

OMG those are crazy numbers!?! Maybe it's because you are in NY. In Florida we make almost half as much but I suspect our cost of living is also about half as much.

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Specializes in Hospice. Worked ER, Med-Surg, ICU & ALF-Dementia.

I actually moved from one hospice company ($37 plus mileage) to another one ($46 plus mileage) here in Northern California.

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Hello edmia,

Can you please provide some information about what the on-call per diem position entails? I am in GA and considering applying for this position and would really appreciate getting insight from someone who does this job.

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Specializes in Hospice. Worked ER, Med-Surg, ICU & ALF-Dementia.

I would like to disagree very strongly with the one that said hospital based hospice has nothing positive. I worked for a FOR PROFIT hospice like vitas before and then moved on to a NON PROFIT hospital based hospice and I would say it was a great move. Dont get me wrong, I liked my time with Vitas, but I love my work at my current job. And turn over rate is low. I do not know how the hospital based hospice in your area works, but ours is great, thank you very much.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Hospice.

I have been in hospice for 3 years now. I work as an on call nurse. This position is salaried. The annual salary was very close to my Med/Surg pay. My company is non-profit. I am reimbursed for my cell phone, mileage ($6000 last year), and my company pays my benefits.

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Hi,

What is the name of the company that you work for. I am interested in transitioning into hospice care.

Thank you.

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