Introduction to Hospice & End-of-Life Care
Learn what hospice care looks like under the Medicare benefit, how to recognize the actively dying phase, and how to support both the patient and family with comfort measures, mouth care, and presence. After finishing you can work a hospice case with the right mindset and know the time-of-death protocol.
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Hospice & End-of-Life Care
Providing comfort-focused care to patients with a six-month prognosis under the Medicare hospice benefit. Covers recognizing the actively dying phase (mottling, Cheyne-Stokes respirations, terminal agitation, decreased intake), non-verba...
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