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Hello everyone! We have a two-hour policy about not moving a body after death (no moving to another room or to the morgue or to anywere else) and I was wondering from where does this come from. I can't find anything on it except the general acceptati...

All my thoughts are going to you Monica. I hope hospice care was called because I agree with other posts, ativan or even midazolam would help here. To not feed or hydrate her is a good intervention at this point, as it would likely exacerbate her bre...

Well... the alive patient waits... That's one of the reason why it seemed to me to be a policy that doesn't really serves anyone and is based on some kind of a superstitious belief. I've seen times when a body was transferred to, say, a "closed" roo...

It can also impair homestasis as it leads to hypovolemia and low BP.

The use of Diprivan is seen more and more in palliative care, especially in oncology, therefore, on non-intubated patients. It's used for conscious sedation with patients who respond poorly to benzo, or as a treatment for severe nausea and vomiting. ...