In My Home Hospice is a hospice care provider based in Tempe, Arizona, delivering end-of-life care to patients in their home environments. The organization employs Registered Nurses who must be registered and licensed to practice nursing in Arizona, with job…
Registered Nurse means an individual registered and licensed to practice nursing in Arizona. Hearing, eyesight and physical dexterity must be sufficient to perform a physical assessment of the patient.
Neighborhoods+Tempe spans several distinct residential pockets divided largely between the dense, university-centered north and the quiet, suburban south. Renters and young professionals frequently choose Riverside along the Salt River and Tempe Town Lake, which is lined with low- and mid-rise apartment communities with pool courtyards and immediate access to Rio Salado Parkway, or University Heights along Apache Boulevard for direct light-rail access. Close to downtown and Arizona State University, Maple-Ash offers historic character with bungalows, while Escalante and Holdeman feature modest, older single-family homes. Further south, neighborhoods like The Lakes, Tempe Royal Estates, and Alta Mira offer quieter, established subdivisions with Mediterranean and Southwest ranch-style homes on larger lots.
Tempe spans several distinct residential pockets divided largely between the dense, university-centered north and the quiet, suburban south. Renters and young professionals frequently choose Riverside along the Salt River and Tempe Town Lake, which is lined with low- and mid-rise apartment communities with pool courtyards and immediate access to Rio Salado Parkway, or University Heights along Apache Boulevard for direct light-rail access.
Close to downtown and Arizona State University, Maple-Ash offers historic character with bungalows, while Escalante and Holdeman feature modest, older single-family homes. Further south, neighborhoods like The Lakes, Tempe Royal Estates, and Alta Mira offer quieter, established subdivisions with Mediterranean and Southwest ranch-style homes on larger lots.
Getting around+Positioned centrally within the East Valley, Tempe provides straightforward driving routes via the Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway), Loop 101, and US-60, allowing short commutes into Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Mesa. Surface streets such as Scottsdale Road and Rio Salado Parkway move efficiently outside of peak hours. Tempe is also notably transit-connected compared to much of metro Phoenix, featuring nine Valley Metro Rail stations connecting to downtown Phoenix and Mesa, the Tempe Streetcar serving downtown and campus corridors, and complimentary local bus networks including the free neighborhood ORBIT shuttles and campus-area FLASH buses.
Positioned centrally within the East Valley, Tempe provides straightforward driving routes via the Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway), Loop 101, and US-60, allowing short commutes into Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Mesa. Surface streets such as Scottsdale Road and Rio Salado Parkway move efficiently outside of peak hours.
Tempe is also notably transit-connected compared to much of metro Phoenix, featuring nine Valley Metro Rail stations connecting to downtown Phoenix and Mesa, the Tempe Streetcar serving downtown and campus corridors, and complimentary local bus networks including the free neighborhood ORBIT shuttles and campus-area FLASH buses.
Outdoors+Tempe Town Lake serves as the city's outdoor centerpiece, offering year-round kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding, and fishing, bordered by Tempe Beach Park and paved running and cycling routes along the Rio Salado Pathway. Rising directly above downtown is Hayden Butte, locally called 'A' Mountain, which provides a steep summit trail overlooking the Valley. Residents also have quick access to the distinctive red sandstone buttes and multi-use desert paths of nearby Papago Park and the Desert Botanical Garden just over the border in Phoenix.
Tempe Town Lake serves as the city's outdoor centerpiece, offering year-round kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding, and fishing, bordered by Tempe Beach Park and paved running and cycling routes along the Rio Salado Pathway. Rising directly above downtown is Hayden Butte, locally called 'A' Mountain, which provides a steep summit trail overlooking the Valley.
Residents also have quick access to the distinctive red sandstone buttes and multi-use desert paths of nearby Papago Park and the Desert Botanical Garden just over the border in Phoenix.
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Living in Tempe
Tempe stands out in metro Phoenix by marrying desert geography with an unusually compact, transit-friendly urban core. For a relocating healthcare professional, the city offers two distinct speeds: the high-energy north surrounding Arizona State University, Mill Avenue, and Tempe Town Lake, where apartment complexes line the light rail and streetcar corridors, and the tranquil southern subdivisions like Alta Mira and The Lakes, where Spanish-revival and ranch homes sit on quiet streets with top-tier Tempe Union schools. Quick freeway links along Loop 202, Loop 101, and US-60 make commuting across the East Valley straightforward, while the PHX Sky Train and light rail provide rapid access to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport just four miles away. Off shift, recreation centers on paddleboarding along the lake, jogging the Rio Salado Pathway, or climbing 'A' Mountain at sunset. The essential tradeoff is weather and crowd density: summer temperatures routinely top one hundred degrees, utility bills peak in the summer heat, and academic cycles bring waves of student traffic downtown.
