Home health or hospice?

Nurses General Nursing

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Specializes in tele, stepdown/PCU, med/surg.

Hi all,

Due to hospital nursing being really stressful for me I'm looking to cut back and change possibly either to home health or hospice. I have a feeling I'd really be good at hospice but don't know anything about home health in case I can't get into hospice. I have years of hospital experience and good assessment skills. Just looking for ideas on how to start and to find out what it all entails. Thank you!

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Both home health and hospice are stressful. There are many other positions available for experienced nurses.

Start by scouring the job boards and reading the job descriptions.

Best wishes.

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Specializes in tele, stepdown/PCU, med/surg.

I didn't mean to imply that home health or hospice aren't stressful in their own way. I am a good hospital nurse and owe my skills to my years as an acute care nurse. I still believe I would be good at hospice and am inquiring about home health to get more of an idea of that.

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