First time hospice nurse
Hello everyone! I was working at a SNF and switched to hospice around four months ago. Right now I see about 24-26 patients, driving 100-200 miles a day. I work 8 hours a day five days a week but am regularly working 10-11 because all of my patients are so far apart (about 1-1.5 hours). And this is without including time for charting, which I’m very behind on and now becoming severely burnt out. I’m a single mom, so I come home just in time to do my son’s bedtime routine and knock out. I spoke with my supervisor and she removed two patients from my team, but the next day gave me two more even FARTHER away. But I’m not allowed to work overtime 😭Is this normal? What do I do? I took this job for the flexibility but at this point I have little to no time off the clock.