bikegal50

You are all wonderful to take the time to answer. Your suggestions are good. I have applied to home health. I am polishing up my Spanish as that is always an asset, too. I also applied to be a hospice volunteer to get my foot in the door. I think I will go around and try to hand in my resume to real people, even though I have already submitted them on line. (sometimes that feels like a dark nebulous hole in the ground.) And, yes, there are red signs all over town about the darned hospital. Maybe you are my neighbor?? My business has to do with serving healthcare workers. I have seen many good nurses not know how to really care for themselves and I want to provide them a place to be cared for themselves-bodywork, nutrition, cooking, reiki. Anyone have any thoughts about that, too?

I have been a nurse for just about 40 years. I spent the last 34 years working in the same small hospital, mainly in the ER. There are things I loved about my job (my patients especially), although I also felt frustrated with the whole state of healthcare and electronic medical records. (How many times did I see nurses paying more attention to the computer screen than assessing the patients?) The hospital I worked in closed fairly suddenly without much warning. Now I am on unemployment (who would've ever thought that would happen?) and not sure what to do. I want a different kind of job where I can truly "care" for my patients. I have applied to numerous hospice jobs and have not heard a word. I have excellent references from people who work at these places. My other dream is to start my own business. I am a bit frustrated with the situation. It has been 2 months since I lost my job. Does anyone have any suggestions?