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1. At Your Hospice, Do You. . .

   angel's assistant replied to Katillac's topic in Hospice

   FYI-- I saw at patient today that gets dialyzed 3x weekly. But her hospice diagnosis is peritoneal CA. I guess you just have to find a hospice that would accept him for lung CA and continue the dialysis and an unrelated treatment.

2. New nurse wants to be Hospice

   angel's assistant replied to nurscee's topic in Hospice

   This reply is from a nurse that never wanted to ever deal with familys or dying pts. But through circumstance I am now a Hospice nurse. The first atribute you have to be a hospice nurse is you "calling" I think if you tell that to the interviewer y...

3. Please share with me your experiences with this....

   angel's assistant replied to *LA*'s topic in Hospice

   What you discribe is what Hospice nurses call Near Death Awarness (NDA). This happens quite often during the dying process. Usually though pts talk with their loved ones that have died. They also try and get afairs completed. Sometimes it is misd...

4. Please share with me your experiences with this....

   angel's assistant replied to *LA*'s topic in Hospice

   What you discribe is what Hospice nurses call Near Death Awarness.