flowersRN

Thanks River and Geri G, Your words are very encouraging! By the way I am in the Chicago metro area. I really feel that Hospice would be the best way for me to help patients given my background. I really want to do work that means something to the patient. Something I can feel and see is really beneficial to the patient and their loved ones. I have read some really touching accountings of this work with the terminal patient. I feel I have the sensitivities and hopefully will gain the "rest" as I go along.

Thanks Clemmm78! - I actually did get a response today from a recruiter who will at least discuss my options with a large hospital network where I live. I guess I'll just have to keep plugging along and go ahead and apply for some of these positions. By the way - cute dog pic! I'm a lover of doggies too.

Thanks Geri, I'll give that a try. I just am not confident in applying if I don't even know if I have the experience for the specialty.

To anyone with advice, I would like to get information and possible "spend a day" with a hospice nurse. I have been trying to contact facilities to do this and am getting no call backs at all! I have 8 years chronic pain management in office and recovery room. Do I need to take a refresher? Do I need home health experience? Why isn't anyone even answering my calls or questions when I call for an informational interview? Help!

I am really interested in this field and have spent alot of time reading, reading, and reading. I have gone through all the links provided here through postings and the stickies from Siri. I have sent away for information from a couple of educational facilities. I would really like to find an LNC I could spend some time with to see what it really takes to build a career in this area of nursing. What a day in the life of an LNC is really like as compared to the overly positive success stories of the advertisements. They make it all sound soooo easy to land those first cases. The respect from the client base also sounds wonderful. However, from what I keep reading in alot of these postings is that the attorneys don't really need RNs and it's very difficult to get them to consider using us. Another consideration is that I would only be able to start on a part time basis due to current financial constraints. I would like to know how feasible this would be to get off the ground. It sounds that you need to have alot of time available to market successfully. I have never had to "market" anything. This is the part that is scarry to me. So, if anyone out there would be willing to have a "student" follow them for a day or two let me know. Signed, Afraid to make a costly mistake.