laurel38

Hi all, I've been reading posts for a while here and finally decided to go ahead and ask for some advice. I'm in working towards becoming an RN and I am very interested in becoming a hospice nurse. I'm an adult returning to school, and I am pretty confident I can handle the emotional stresses this type of nursing, but I have to admit the one thing holding me back from pursuing this specialty is that all the investigating I've done says that the pay is lower than other areas of nursing. I don't want to pass up on entering an area that I think would be perfect for me just because of pay, but on the other hand I've spent a lot of years struggling to get by. So I'm pretty torn, does anyone have any advice to share? Am i misinformed? Are there some areas of hospice nursing that pay better than others? I really want to work in hospice but when I look at median incomes of different specialties it seems always lower. Are there things you feel make up for that enough to still consider it? I'd appreciate any insight, I really want to be a hospice nurse but I feel a responsibility to support my family as much as possible too. If it were just me I would go into it without hesitation, but maybe you all understand what I'm saying......:wink2: Thanks for your advice! laurel