Hospice @ LTC ??

Hi,

I have a question about my responsiility. One of my pts is under hospice care. They have a CNA sitting with him 24/7 and she gets his vitals. Early this AM she came to me and informed me that he was restless and had some apnea. I went in a checked him and gave him 0.25ml of ativan SL. He never calmed down and his temp spiked to 104 AX.

My questions are:

When hospice moves in, where/what do I do? I was off for a week and came back to this.

I asked what I could do and NO ONE seemed to know!! All he has now is IVF and a pain pump.

Back to the comfort mearsures only crap. He is nothing but skin and bones. He is suffering and I think the fluid is prolonging his life.

I am ready to walk. I don't get the info I need to do my job properly and am overwhelmed on this unit.

Please advise!!

Thanks!!


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In His Grace,

Karen

Failure is NOT an option!!