rnjello

Wow, as I read all of your posts, I grow more and more convinced that I'm making the right call by going into hospice. Thank you to all of you for your enlightening answers. You have helped me tremendously. I can't wait to tell all of you about my journey, but I have to wait until I start. (I'll. probably begin the first week of January.) thanks again! I'm still welcoming opinions, so if you'd like to add something, please write with reckless abandon! !

Wow, as I read all of your posts, I grow more and more convinced that I'm making the right call by going into hospice. Thank you to all of you for your enlightening answers. You have helped me tremendously. I can't wait to tell all of you about my journey, but I have to wait until I start. (I'll probably begin the first week of January.) thanks again! I'm still welcoming opinions, so if you'd like to add something, please write with reckless abandon! !

Here is the deal, Med-surg is great! You will learn so much, your skills will improve a lot, as will your time management and critical thinking ones. They say that you should start in med-surg for a reason. With that being said, there may be days where you will miss your current job... A lot! The med-surg floor (at least the one I work at) gets crazy; there are days when I feel like a juggler. No breaks, or maybe just one; Bed alarms, IV pumps beeping, call lights going off, an etoh withdrawal that you need to assess and medicate every hour, families wanting an update; some others are hysterical, because you didn't bring that pudding (or the dose of IV dilaudid) they ordered 5 minutes ago. In the meantime you have an admission and a discharge all happening at the same time! When you reflect back on your days, it's actually kind of funny, but rewarding, because somehow you got everything done. (Or passed on to the following shift) but don't let that scare you, because you will become a nurse that is wanted in many other areas of nursing. Think of med-surg as "nursing bootcamp" I've spent my last three years in med-surg, and even though there were days that I hated it, there were others were I felt like my job was the most exciting job in the planet! My cycle in med-surg has ended; I'm moving on to doing different things, but good luck to you! Can't wait to hear about your adventures in med-surg!!

Hello Dear RN's I recently had an interview to become a patient care coordinator with hospice. I got the job! Im so excited! I've never done hospice, but I do feel it is calling my name. I am now doubtful, is the right thing to do? will it be emotionally draining? Will I lose my nursing skills? (start IV's, deal with central lines, tubes, etc etc. It seems like a fairly flexible job, but I will trade 12 hr shifts for 8's. Anyway, I just want some guidance from the hospice nurses out there, a little reassurance would be awesome too!