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Apr 16, 2009 09:07 AM

RN responsibilities at a Hospice House?


Since I've never done Hospice nursing aside from in a LTC facility, can someone tell me what the RN does at the Hospice House? Is it a team where the LPN's do meds and RN does the paperwork and assessments or does the RN get their own set of patients?


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from Whispera
Old Apr 16, 2009, 03:33 PM

Default Re: RN responsibilities at a Hospice House?
It depends on where you work. The hospice house I worked in had one nurse and one aide on duty per shift, for up to 9 patients....
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from Melinurse
Old Apr 16, 2009, 04:21 PM

Default Re: RN responsibilities at a Hospice House?
Depends on the facility and # of patients. At ours, if there is less than 4 patients the RN is the only staff there except for 2 hours in the morning we get a CNA for baths and for 2 hours at HS to get the patients ready for bed. We can always call one of the field nurses for backup or an on-call crisis LPN if anyone starts to circle the drain. Our facility can have up to 12 patients and if/when full there is 1 RN and 1 LPN at all times but the CNA schedule is the same no matter what. No CNA if there are only 1-2 patients. I personally, have not worked our hospice house yet though but I have had to go in for back up once at night.
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