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So I went for an interview for a hospice agency. They have a eight bed hospice inpatient unit and they also have home hospice. So it is a new position that they have available. The position would be working Monday through Friday from midnight till nine a.m as the second nurse at a hospice house who will also be on call. So that means if there's an emergency at night or somebody died I'll have to leave the Hospice House and go to their house. I've never done home care or hospice I've always done critical care. Does this position sound like a reasonable position? Any opinions?

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, Transport, L&D, Hospice.

In my view it is difficult to know.

How many patients on the service in the field, how big of an area geographically?

Are there other disciplines also on call?

Do you get a different form of compensation for leaving the building and travelling in the middle of the night?

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Specializes in Nursing Leadership.

I have worked night shift in homes. My hours were 12am-8:30am. As much as I love Hospice, I HATED going to strange address in the middle of the night! It is very dangerous driving around in strange neighborhoods at night, I felt completely vulnerable and I will never work that shift (in homes) again. I also learned that LOTS of homes don't have adequate outdoor lighting, nor visible (at night) house numbers. I have rang a wrong door bell at midnight one to many times. If you decide to take the position, make sure you are compensated very well. Make sure you have a navigation system, and a fully charged cell phone. It's rough out there, especially after midnight.

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, Transport, L&D, Hospice.
I have worked night shift in homes. My hours were 12am-8:30am. As much as I love Hospice, I HATED going to strange address in the middle of the night! It is very dangerous driving around in strange neighborhoods at night, I felt completely vulnerable and I will never work that shift (in homes) again. I also learned that LOTS of homes don't have adequate outdoor lighting, nor visible (at night) house numbers. I have rang a wrong door bell at midnight one to many times. If you decide to take the position, make sure you are compensated very well. Make sure you have a navigation system, and a fully charged cell phone. It's rough out there, especially after midnight.

Consider how it feels to visit someone where there is NO cell phone service at all?

or no running water?

where you can't get from the patient house to your truck because of that moose that laid down by your bumper...

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