acuriousnurse

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1. Paramedics and palliative care

   acuriousnurse replied to Countrynurse17's topic in Hospice

   Don't take it personally. He was probably uncomfortable with the situation and took it out on you. I've noticed that paramedics (or was he and EMT?) tend to get really jumpy if they aren't familiar with hospice patients. You did nothing wrong.

2. "Experienced" Nurse... still feel like an idiot

   acuriousnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I'll keep it short... I did about 2.5 years on a Med/onc floor, then 1.5 years in home hospice and got burnt out. I decided to move to another city and figured I would just take a hospital job to keep my skills up and perhaps as a less emotionally...

3. Burned out, is hospice for me

   acuriousnurse replied to acuriousnurse's topic in Hospice

   I am looking for what is available right now. I want to get the experience of living somewhere else, so I think this is coming at the perfect time. It will be 1 year in May, which gives me enough time to find another job.

4. Burned out, is hospice for me

   acuriousnurse posted a topic in Hospice

   I have been a nurse for almost 4 years now. I started on a medical-oncology floor which i hated and transitioned to home hospice about 8 months ago to follow my nursing dream. It all started out great. There were bad cases, of course, but I enjoyed t...