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  1. When do you need an order to increase dosage of med?

    Libralady posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Greetings, I have a question about the concentration and prn dosage of a medication. At work tonight, I have a Hospice patient who was on Diladud 5 mg/hr via CADD pump with breakthrough pain boluses...

  2. When do you need an order to increase dosage of med?

    Libralady replied to Libralady's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thank you Ginger! You are most kind. I love Hospice Nursing but I still have much to

  3. When do you need an order to increase dosage of med?

    Libralady replied to Libralady's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks so much! Before I left, my patient's face changed dramaticly. Before, there were some grimmaces and furrowing of the brow which decreased when I dosed him. But 1 1/2 hours before I left, his...

  4. When do you need an order to increase dosage of med?

    Libralady replied to Libralady's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Ginger, I was in a private home. In my previous Hospice job, we almost never used IV meds, only sublingual, patches or suppositories. This is a new Hospice job and some of the other nurses are saying...

  5. When do you need an order to increase dosage of med?

    Libralady replied to Libralady's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thank you. My patient was totally unresponsive so I was dosing him. Is there a good source for protocals for dosing medications in these instances? Most certainly, if he was responsive and not kept...