Home Health Nurse & Hospice Nurse
by Kim Anderson
1. home care
2. Coordinating care - phone calls
3. End of life care vs daily maintenance
3.1. Hospice vs Home Health
4. Family members involved in care
4.1. Home Health & Hospice - POA
5. Medicare hospice not required to complete it
6. OASIS
6.1. Hospice Medicare - not required
6.2. Home Health Medicare - required
7. Bereavement services - hospice - up to 13 months after death
8. bedside care
9. monitor vital signs
9.1. Home Health - maintain wellness
9.2. Hospice - maintain comfort
10. "Comfort, peace & sense of dignity at a difficult time" (Stanhope & Lancaster, p892)
11. Hospice Themes
11.1. Death is not a taboo subject
11.2. patients have a right to honest discussions and make decisions about treatment
11.2.1. also Home Health