Starting HH on Monday 8/13.

[wonderbee, BSN, RN]

So here I am again, at yet another cross road in my nursing journey loooking for my niche. Hospice got it close but it was just too sad. I also had a problem with patient education. Families just didn't want to hear it and I didn't recognize that. Then there was dealing with facilities and their nurses which could be just as disheartening. Nice to your face, trecherous behind your back. My phone would be on from 6am till 8pm. Too much. Also when a patient came to the active dying stage, everything comes to a halt. All visits scheduled for that day had to be rescheduled and often it just meant more visits for me the next day, especially during vacations when we were short. We had lots of paperwork in hospice too.

I'm coming to HH with the belief that it is going to be less emotionally taxing. That I can turn that phone off at 5pm. That taking call isn't going to take me to some all day death bed vigil and I can still have some personal time. I don't mind the paperwork. My territory is my own neighborhood and it's a relatively small territory. This should make life easier for me in winter snow and ice.

Wish me luck.

[lesrn2005]

Good luck! Wishing you the best.