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  • How do you become a hospice nurse? Hi, I'm Sandy Sunter. I'm with the Hospice of the

  • Florida Sun Coast. Being a hospice nurse is probably one of the finest jobs that a nurse

  • might be able to do. However, in each and every state, and for each and every hospice

  • there are going to be different types of requirements for someone to do hospice nursing. Each individual

  • hospice program, according to their policies and procedures are going to require different

  • types of education, experience, and background to do hospice nursing for their individual

  • program. Some programs require that a nurse has not only their program through an accredited

  • school, but also, that they have several years of training on a med/surg. floor. Some of

  • the schools are now taking graduates of nursing programs and doing on-site trainings. It is

  • again, very different across the country and with many different hospice programs. It's

  • a wonderful opportunity for people who are interested in true hands-on nursing, where

  • you get to work with patients and families face-to-face, hands on care. And for people

  • who are interested in doing hospice nursing I suggest contacting the individual nursing

  • hospice programs in your community; finding out what their requirements are. Check with

  • the nursing programs in your community, and see if they offer palliative care, or end

  • of life care courses in their nursing programs, and see what the requirements are. Again,

  • hospice nursing is probably one of the finest types of nursing you could ever do. I'm Sandy

  • Sunter. I'm with The Hospice of the Florida Sun Coast.

How do you become a hospice nurse? Hi, I'm Sandy Sunter. I'm with the Hospice of the

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