Annie423RN

I am currently employed with a for-profit nursing company in Chicago area and have been there for the past year. Hospice was my first job out of Nursing school and I love it, but hate the company I work for. On paper, my job sounds great, 5hours with patients, the rest of the day is spent charting and a day off every week. The reality of this job is I work 12+ hours almost daily, drive around the whole region for bogus admissions and spend 30+ hours working in one weekend "on call" for no pay. I have been working 60hr weeks with no compensation and still expected to handle 10+ patients, admits and CCs. I'm currently spending more time frustrated and in the car then I spend with my patients. I have an interview coming up with a different hospice company in an inpatient unit in a hospital. Any input on inpatient units? 12hr shifts 3/days a week sound like a good deal to me! I'm hoping the pay is similar and the setting is less stressful. Hopefully will be a worthwhile change! Let me know your experiences with inpatient units and what a typical work day is like, Thanks!