Kind of; I worked as a night call nurse for a hospice last year. If there was a death or family insisted on a visit, I would drive to the location, which was sometimes up to 90 miles each way from my house. Reimbursement for mileage was too low and didn’t take my safety into account given that weather was often horrible, and some locations were difficult to find in the dark. Going blindly into strangers homes is no joke and downright unsafe many times; I would never know how many upset people were going to be present, and don’t even get me started with their unruly pets ( mostly jumping and sniffing dogs) I was salaried so worked almost to death. My shift was 5pm to 8-9 am then mandatory meetings in the morning. I felt owned so I quit. They also wanted me to start doing admissions (? at night!?) No way!!
I have not seen where you could. In a rare case, they may have someone just to answer calls. Loved hospice, the call is what got to me. I work at a stationary job now.
How? You need to see the patient where they are (home, nursing home etc.). As an on-call hospice nurse I was BASED at home. I would get phone calls from patients/their family, and 90% of the time, I would need to make a visit to them. There may be other healthcare professionals that "triage" calls, and send the RN nurse-appropriate calls. But to work fully from home? Not that I know of.
yes, you can work at home!
