Potential Employers
My passion for providing comfort and dignity at end-of-life makes me a strong candidate to contribute fresh ideas to a hospice and palliative care organization. My training in the terminal disease process gives me a solid foundation to provide a detailed understanding of hospice care to patients, families, and healthcare professionals. My experience in nursing leadership gives me the potential to empower my fellow nurses to be the bests clinicians they can be.  Let's change the world together!

Interview Questions
I am pleased to answer any questions about my knowledge and experience. Allow me to start by answering a few questions that I like to ask nurses I interview!

1. If you could affect change within this organization in your first 90 days, what would be your first order of business?
I would start by forming relationships with my coworkers. Engagement with other health care professionals gives me the empowerment to affect change. Working with an interdisciplinary team gives me access to many different viewpoints and ideas. I want to hear what my team thinks will help affect change in the organization, and contribute my own expertise to tie the pieces together.

2. What advice would you give to your younger self about the nursing profession?
I would tell my younger self to keep an open mind. When I graduated from nursing school, I told myself that I would never work in certain fields. One of those fields was hospice. My journey led me into the hospice specialty by accident. Now, after several years working in end-of-life care, I realize that I found my calling in a place I did not expect.

3. If you encounter a problem you do not know how to solve, what do you do?
Ask! I am so fortunate to work with a diversity of talented individuals. There are rarely problems I seek to solve alone. While my brain works out a solution in a certain way, my collegue's brain may see the situation from a different perspective, allowing for a better answer.

4. How do you handle burnout?
Burnout is a reality of the nursing profession. My approach to burnout is unique to each situation. Sometimes, taking a break and coming back with fresh eyes helps me combat the feelings of burnout. Sometimes, I fight burnout by seeking to learn something new. When I am feeling burned out, I reach out to my fellow nurses for support. Talking to someone who has been through it helps me identify ways to take back my empowerment.