Considering Hospice

[bryan_del]

How many hours do hospice nurses usually work in one day? I’ve been told that they usually spend a lot more time in a given day since they go and see their set of patients which can range from 30 min to 1hr, they include the time spent in traffic, and they also include the time spent doing paperwork. All of these factors make them actually work more than 8 hours which is what they are being paid for. Is it worth it at the end?

[ErinDel, ASN, BSN, RN]

Your welcome..

[pmabraham, BSN, RN]

I work as a visiting RN case manager seeing patients where they live; most of my patients live at home vs. a facility. I work anywhere from 6 hours per day (extremely rare) to 14 hours per day (extremely rare) averaging 43 to 45-hours per typical week. Drive time varies from 10 to 15-minutes per patient (when the patients are in the same town/city) to 60-minutes when they are rural. Charting is mainly computerized with a few admit papers, and is done in the home during the visit.

I enjoy what I do for a living.

[bryan_del, ADN, MSN]

4 hours ago, pmabraham said:

I work as a visiting RN case manager seeing patients where they live; most of my patients live at home vs. a facility. I work anywhere from 6 hours per day (extremely rare) to 14 hours per day (extremely rare) averaging 43 to 45-hours per typical week. Drive time varies from 10 to 15-minutes per patient (when the patients are in the same town/city) to 60-minutes when they are rural. Charting is mainly computerized with a few admit papers, and is done in the home during the visit.

I enjoy what I do for a living.

Thanks for the info. Do you know of any good hospice companies around L.A?

[pmabraham, BSN, RN]

Sorry, I don't. I live and work in Pennsylvania.