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  1. Boundaries

    jharper posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    My hospice has asked a group of us to put together a procedure/ set of rules on boundaries with patients. They want to establish a uniform way of allowing patient contact. In the room, the group is...

  2. Profit vs Not for Profit

    jharper replied to webblarsk's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Funny, got into a lively debate a week or so ago at a meeting and we agreed on only one thing: Stereotypes run rampant out there. For Profits are greedy and don't provide care. Non-Profits are sloppy...

  3. Weekend Work Shift

    jharper posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have been offered an opportunity to take a weekend shift for the hospice I work for. The deal would be that I work from 4pm Friday till 8am monday morning. I get paid my 40 hours pay, mileage, etc....

  4. What is the ideal caseload?

    jharper replied to Hospice4me's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    No -- I have 8 right now (everyone has about 7-10) I think. If I work a weekend, I am covering another Case manager's patients if the call in. So, yeah, I could talk to a lot mote than just mine but I...

  5. What is the ideal caseload?

    jharper replied to Hospice4me's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm sorry I wasn't clear. If you have chosen not to participate in the weekend work for whatever reason, the on-call or PRN nurse takes the call. There are nightime nurses assigned, though sometimes,...

  6. How long are your IDT mtgs? And content?

    jharper replied to Cing_angels's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We are doing about 20 patients an hour in the IDT. We recently started bringing in the volunteer coordinator too, incase the CM might want some

  7. What is the ideal caseload?

    jharper replied to Hospice4me's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Our Hospice tries to target 9 patients per equivilant full time RN and does not use LPNs for continuity reasons. But the math is a bit different. Some RNs want to work a few hours extra on Weekends to...