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-verbal pain assessment with PAINAD, mouth and skin care, family support, the time-of-death protocol (call hospice not 911, honor the DNR), and sustainable self-care after a patient dies.
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Learn what hospice care looks like under the Medicare benefit, how to recognize the actively dying phase, and how to support both the pat...
Provide comfort-focused care for a hospice patient: the hospice philosophy, the Medicare hospice benefit, recognizing the actively-dying ...