Month: January 2025

  • What I Wish Every Family Knew About Hospice Care

    What I Wish Every Family Knew About Hospice Care

    After seven years as a hospice nurse, the hardest part of my job isn’t dealing with death – it’s watching families realize what hospice care actually entails. I see the same scene play out week after week: the shock, then disbelief, then panic when families understand they’ll be providing most of the hands-on care themselves.…

  • Strategies for Avoiding Nurse Burnout in 2025

    Strategies for Avoiding Nurse Burnout in 2025

    This year I am trying a different strategy to avoid nurse burnout. I pushed and pushed until finally I got management to agree to let me have a set schedule. It makes ALL the difference. Life is so much easier to plan out, and you don’t end up with that thing where some shifts are…