2007-02-27 04:41:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
I don't know any 'details' of your life, so I can't answer that question directly to you ... but I can answer your question in a 'general way' ...
Working in a 'hospice' means that you'd be working with people who are 'terminal' ... people who will 'die' fairly soon. They go to a 'hospice' so that they can live 'as normal a life as possible' for as long as possible, rather than be 'stuck in a hospital' ... and these people have A LOT TO GIVE. If you were to 'work with them' could you 'help them to have the best life possible'? Could you go to work SMILING and HAPPY TO BE ALIVE in a way that can help your 'patients' also be 'glad to be alive' every day? Can you 'learn to love' every one of your patients, no matter how 'different' they seem at first? Can you CRY when they die, but get up the next morning and go back to work and face all of the other dying people? If your answer to those questions is YES then I'd say it's 'advisable' to work in a hospice, but if the answer is NO then I'd say that you need to look for work in a 'less personal' place ... but THANK YOU for asking your question, because it shows me that you are at least 'thinking' about it, which is a lot more than most people ever want to do.
2007-02-27 04:56:39 · answer #1 · answered by Kris L 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I work as an after hours emergent care nurse for a hospice. This means that when our patients encounter problems, I am dispatched to visit that patient and try to address the problem. I am frequently asked, "How could you do this? It must be so sad." My response is that I get a great deal of pleasure from finding a patient or a patient's family in distress and coming up with an intervention that gets them some relief. It's true that hospice work is not for everyone, but I wouldn't want to do any other kind of nursing. Most of my colleagues agree.
Would you want to do it? That depends. You need to have some maturity, a good sense of humor, a big heart, and a way to recharge your batteries, so to speak.
2007-02-27 07:40:18 · answer #2 · answered by redhotsillypepper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a hard job but someone has to do it. You will touch many peoples lives when you work for them and remember when a family call upon hospice, they already know that they are dying and they have accepted it.
2007-02-27 04:50:43 · answer #3 · answered by everythingszenidontthinkso 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes a strong person to work in hospice. Its a very gratifying yet saddening job. I know i couldn't do it... Just make sure you educate yourself on every aspect of it before making a decision. Good Luck
2007-02-27 04:48:33 · answer #4 · answered by jenj2569 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dood - i wode not recomend it.
2007-02-27 04:50:19 · answer #5 · answered by Ansre Man! 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋