onangelswings

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1. drug diversion

   onangelswings posted a topic in Hospice

   Has anyone encountered an incidence in which you suspect the family is using the patients narcotics for themselves? How to you approach this subject tactfully?

2. Atropine 1% Eye Drops SL

   onangelswings replied to Lexxie's topic in Hospice

   Have your local Hospice agency come in and provide an inservice on palliative care and end of life symptom management. Atropine gtts are used routinely in hospice care to manage "terminal secretions". If this pt. was also restless and dyspneic, adj...