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1. Thinking of career change to hospice - HELP!

   KraziNurs replied to Genista's topic in Hospice

   Hello Caroline! I live in rural IL and work for a non-profit hospital-owned agency which is joined with home health and a DME. Start looking around in your area and see what is available as the set-up and structure may be a factor for you. 1) What ...

2. Apprehensive about starting Hospice Nursing

   KraziNurs replied to jenny_g's topic in Hospice

   jenny- [color=#00bfff]be confident. it sounds like you have a well rounded background in nursing and you obviously have the desire to be an excellent nurse. i have been in hospice less than a year but in nursing about 13 years. find support within...

3. New nurse, working with cancer pts with advanced disease...

   KraziNurs replied to 5150dx's topic in Hospice

   remember, assisting a patient to a peaceful death is a part of nursing and that is what you are trying to do. it saddens me when we get the referral to hospice too late and the patient has already been "treated to death" as my colleagues say. i hav...