SaraLTayRN

Crazy story ... The interview went great. I was given the unofficial offer and began all of the paperwork, etc. Then a week later I receive a bland email from the Administrator sent at 0100 in the morning saying I was not selected. I was shocked because none of it made sense. I called my HR contact, no answer so I left a message. I also sent an email to my HR contact, very polite, just explaining my disappointment and I did say how shocked I was since we were clearly on the path to employment. I have never gotten any kind of response from them. I honestly believe I was blacklisted so to speak. My mom is the Executive Director for another competing hospice in the same area. All of the management staff for the hospice I applied to knows my mom and sees her as a competitor. It was right after they found out who my mom is (someone who used to work at my mom's hospice recognized me) that I got that email. As of right now I cannot work for my mom's company per their policy. Who is going to hire their competitor's daughter? So I feel like I have no hope with any other companies. I should have known this would happen, but I guess I forgot how well known my mom is in this area. I truly had no ill intentions to share information. My mom wants me to be a hospice nurse and she is full of integrity, we already discussed that we would not talk about work other than the generic. The only light right now is that my mom is trying to get her company to make an exception and hire me. She is so far up in the company that I will have many bosses in between her and I. So far it is looking like it might happen except that there is currently no on call opening.

Thank you for the great info. I also have young kids and I think that this position would allow me to be around for them as much as humanly possible while still being a working mom. Right now I work three 12 hour shifts a week, two of which are day shift and one that is night shift. I agree about the salary. I have to have a salary position because I have to have a certain income every month in order to contribute to supporting my family. I could never go to a job that is pay per visit because it would be way too stressful not knowing what my income would be from paycheck to paycheck. They did tell me on the phone that it is salary, but I will know more tomorrow. I also will definitely ask about triage, I wouldn't have thought about. Thanks again!!!

Thank you so much for your reply. Those are definitely sound like concerns I should be mindful of. I am a hard worker, but I also very much believe in having work-life balance. I am making a list of everything that I need to know and consider before I accept a position.

I have been a nurse since 2012 and even before nursing school I always wanted to be a hospice nurse. My mom has been a hospice RN for 30+ years and I grew up around this specialty. I volunteered in high school and in college, but have spent my first four years as an RN in critical care. I feel like I finally have the experience to move over to hospice. I have an interview this week for a hospice position. Over the phone I was told that the position is on call, 7 days on and 7 days off. I would start my week Monday at 1700 and be on call until 0830, Mon-Fri. Then over the weekend I would be on call all weekend long until Monday morning. At that point I would start my seven days off. This position sounds like it would be great for me, so I am really excited about it. My only possible concern right now is that it needs to be comparable pay to what I make now. I was told it is a salary position, but as of right now that is all that I know. I am posting all of this just to try and touch base with other hospice nurses, hopefully some who also do this type of schedule, just to get some thoughts on a job like this. Anything I should ask about during interview? Anything to watch out for that would make this a questionable position? Thanks!!!