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Case load 10 to 15 may be fine, busyness is fine, but I would run from that weekend stuff...its ridiculous and its beyond burnout. If you absolutely need the job I would make sure they have a backup nurse because weekends are full of visits all hours of the night, med management, bowel care, and death. I have moved on from hospice and have been working as an ICU nurse for the last 5 years. It fits me way better and I get the support I need. It's nice to have a team around you. Anyway I hope this helps.

Yes they do know the hours. I do not know how it complies with labor laws at all. I'm Scared to ask them though because word gets around. But yeah I am doing the 63 hour straight block of time right now, and I am required to be ready at all times to answer the phone, triage, take care of emergencies, and visit patients all day and night for all those hours.

The issue I have is that it was not a request. Also what would stop me from resigning with the policy notice, then getting rehired by the department of my choice? She is burning a bridge with me in my mind. Read my other post that describes the position that I cover if interested. They have grinded me into the ground. I cover 246 hours a month of call time with an extra 8 hours of meetings a month. This entails a 63 hour time block straight on the weekends. I hardly am able to sleep. I have done this for over 1 year and a half.

I recently submitted a notification that I would be transferring positions within the Hospice company I work for. In an attempt to make sure that the transition was as seamless as possible I gave a 20-30 day notice as specifically requested in our company policies (two weeks required to be rehireable). I set the date for October 6th this year, notified my direct supervisor in person, and emailed my direct supervisor, and my director of nursing the notification as well. Within minutes of sending this I received a phone call from the director of nursing telling me that she is not able to let me go until they find a replacement, and told me that it is between her and the director of the department I am transferring to to decide which day I will be leaving. I will add that the director of the department I am moving to agreed to the October 6th date. Is she power tripping or is this reasonable for her to make this demand? I will add that it took 5mos to fill this position as on call hospice nurse in the past. Is she expecting to keep me for as long as it takes ( I know its ultimately up to me)? Isn't a month notice ample time? After that doesn't the responsibility fall on the director to find a replacement and not me?

I work hospice on-call with a census of 85-120 pts. I am oncall friday 5pm-8am monday am, and 5pm-8am mon -thurs. I have no back up. I triage all my calls, and make all my own visits if needed. On the weekends I get average 25-38 calls with lots of visits. I do this all on my own and often get scheduled "urgent" admits throughout the week. I am usually beyond despair by the end of the week, not just tired. My total hours on call are 123. I am salaried with no bonus or extra compensation for visits or admits.

I am oncall hospice full time, no help, progressively given more admits, barely sleeping, burnt out.