Middletoast

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1. Hospice?????

   Middletoast replied to love4neos's topic in Hospice

   When I started with Hospice, I had only worked Labor/Del/Nursery. Getting used to the different meds and going from saving life to end of life was a hard transition. It took about 6-8 months to make the adjustment. So right up front realize that it w...

2. Palliative Care

   Middletoast replied to ozynurse's topic in Hospice

   mchospicern brought up a good point. In US palliative is more for S/S from tx or illness. Say a cancer pt has been given radiation to shrink the tumor but there is no hope of curing. It is done for comfort measures only. This is palliative. Sad that...

3. When to use 911

   Middletoast posted a topic in Emergency

   A hospice pt of mine called the on-call service for aid getting up out of his chair. When I arrived, it was quite obvious he had a Fx ankle ( very displaced) and a very swollen other ankle. He was a large man, could not get in touch with his family...