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I agree with Jersey RN, at least until you fully recover (or get stronger). As long as you can physically do your job, according to the ADA (american with disabilites act) as long as you can perform the job, an organization can not use that as the reason to not hire you. Plus, I find that hospices tend to be more compassionate when it comes to people. Good Luck!!

Hello all, Our average pt load is 8-9 pts. We have different shifts, Mon-Fri 8am to 5pm (with one weekend on-call required every month) and a 5pm to 8am that is also on call. I wanted to share a wonderful new concept, we have hired a few different triage nurses that take all of the patient calls from 5pm to midnite. They do everything that they can to solve the problem over the phone. If they can't, then an on call nurse is dispatched to the patient. This has really helped nurses to avoid burn out. Just an idea, it has made such a difference in our organization, maybe this can help others to either help implement something like this or search for an organization like mine!!

I totally agree with ILUVHOSPICE. I am a recruiter at a large hospice, and we prefer to have someone that has experience in oncology, med/surg, l/t care and/or telemetry. These specialties will give you a good idea if you can handle dealing with patients that have come to you and your organiziation to help them pass away in the best circumstance possible. It definetly takes a very special person to do this kind of work; and the people in most hospice organizations prove to be a great resource for a newer nurse. Good Luck! Let us know how it goes!!