I'm feeling really stressed out at my home health job. Part of it is the endless driving (over 10,000 miles in a few months), part of it is the hectic office atmosphere when I am there, part of it is the ingrateful patients/families who act like you are imposing when you come out to do your job, part of it is being expected to be "creative" and find ways to milk every drop we can from Medicaid/Medicare, being expected to go out and do procedures I am not comfortable with, running like a chicken with its head cut off...I'm just tired and burned out.
I wonder how different hospice is from home health? I would like less pressure and a more laid back atmosphere. I thought this would be the case in home health, maybe it is just the agency I work for, I don't know.
What are the visits like? How often do you visit?
Do you have to go out in the middle of the night a lot?
Are you expected to come pronounce the patient when they die?