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Alive

Hiring organization · Based in Murfreesboro, TN

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What the day-to-day looks like

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What stands out

  • Experienced nurses

    You work hospice and palliative care across a Murfreesboro Home Care Team and inpatient unit roles in the Murfreesboro and Nashville area.

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  • New graduates

    CNAs describe great teamwork, compassionate staff, and a clear sense of purpose in the day-to-day work.

    Sources
    As of 2024-08-08 · 2024Source: indeed.com
  • Moving here

    Murfreesboro sits about 34 miles from Nashville, with cost of living about 4% below the national level and no state income tax in Tennessee.

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  • Experienced nurses

    Review themes point to meeting personal goals and learning new things while caring for hospice patients.

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  • Moving here

    Tennessee is a compact-license state, which can simplify a move if you already hold a compact RN or LPN license.

  • New graduates

    A CNA review called pay competitive in the Nashville market, though formal pay ranges are not posted here.

    Sources
    As of 2024-08-08Source: indeed.com

Published pay and benefits

Benefits

CNA review stated pay is competitive (Nashville)

As of 2024-08-08

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The city

Living in Murfreesboro, TN

Murfreesboro sits at Tennessee's geographic center, where MTSU energizes a historic downtown Square ringed by local shops and restaurants. The Stones River Greenway winds past preserved Civil War battlefield land. Cost of living runs about 4% below the national average—real buying power for an RN planting roots in one of the state's fastest-growing cities.

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Metro price level · Murfreesboro area
4% below the national average
BEA index 96.3 (100 = national)
Median gross rent
$1,481/mo
rent and tenant-paid utilities
Median household income
$80,108/yr
all local households, not nurse pay

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024

Who they are

The work sits with patients and families at the end of life, whether you are in the home or on the inpatient unit. CNAs who have worked here describe strong teamwork, compassionate staff, and a clear sense of purpose, along with the hard days when a patient dies.

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More about Alive

Culture and work-life land around the mid-3s on public review sites; pay and senior management score lower. Murfreesboro itself runs about 4% below the national cost of living, with no state income tax and Nashville roughly 34 miles away. Tennessee is a compact-license state if you are bringing a license from elsewhere.

Hospice and palliative care focused on compassionate, team-based support for patients and families.

Working here

Culture and working life

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Themes from public reviews

Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.

teamwork and compassion
CNA described great teamwork, compassionate caring staff, strong culture, and fantastic management; emotional difficulty when patients die.
Sources
As of 2024-08-08Source: indeed.com
sense of purpose
Review themes highlight ability to meet personal goals, learn new things, and a clear sense of purpose.
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overall ratings
Glassdoor Nashville: 3.7 overall, 74% recommend; culture 3.8, comp 3.4, work-life 3.3, senior management weaker at 2.8; 67% positive outlook.
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More review themes
pay and management scores
Indeed overall 3.6 from 73 reviews; pay/benefits 3.1, management 3.0, culture and work-life both 3.4.
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What to weigh

Senior management scores lower than culture on Glassdoor (2.8), and CNAs note the emotional weight when patients die.

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The reality check

Before you decide

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The license clock and the job hunt run at once, and new-grad windows do the deciding. Residency commitments carry fine print worth reading before you sign.

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The units

A closer look at the units

Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.

  • HospiceDays 12 open
  • Hospice Inpatient Unit

    Indeed lists Hospice Aide, Inpatient Unit openings in Murfreesboro, TN and Nashville, TN.

    Sources
    Source location unconfirmedSource: indeed.com
  • Hospice Home Care

    Employer posting describes Director of Clinical Care for Murfreesboro Home Care Team in hospice and palliative care; Indeed lists Home Care aide jobs in Nashville, Franklin, Lebanon.

    Sources
    Source location unconfirmedSource: indeed.com

Open roles

Roles from Alive

Refreshed throughout the day.

Registered Nurse

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Murfreesboro, TN

  • RN
  • Day shift
  • Compact license OK
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Director of Clinical Care

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Murfreesboro, TN

  • RN
  • Compact license OK
Apply
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