Hospice News
OCTOBER 24, 2023
New Hospice Facility Launches in Arizona Bonnie Irr, a retired hospice nurse, is launching a new inpatient facility in southwestern Arizona to improve end-of-life care access to families in need. The inability to hire a caregiver can be “debilitating” for patients and families facing life’s final stages, according to Irr. “I
Hospice Nurse Hero
MARCH 6, 2024
Furthermore, documenting decline is not only for ensuring quality care but also for meeting Medicare documentation requirements for hospice eligibility and recertification. I didn’t always understand how to chart for hospice. When I started as a hospice nurse, I struggled with the concept of “negative” charting.
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Hospice Nurse Hero
JANUARY 26, 2022
Why Hospice Documentation Matters. First, like all nurses, hospice nurses are required to document ALL patient care. Related Article: 3 Common Mistakes Hospice Nurses Make and How to Avoid Them. Hospice Charting Fundamentals. Suggested Article: Hospice IDG: Top Time Wasters and How to Avoid Them.
Traditions Health
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Patients with Alzheimer’s slowly lose their ability to effectively and efficiently complete activities of daily living (ADLs). When this occurs, it can become more responsibility than what a family member can meet, and hospice care may be necessary to help ensure an optimal quality of life for the patient and their family.
Hospice Nurse Hero
JANUARY 19, 2024
As a hospice nurse, you understand the importance of accurate, detailed documentation. However, composing hospice narrative notes can be challenging and leave you feeling frustrated. What if I told you there’s a simple way to compose nursing notes? Hospice notes are long and complicated. Well, there is!
Hospice News
OCTOBER 19, 2023
A lot of times we, unfortunately, had to eat a lot of the reimbursement because we had to switch them to a routine level of care, even if they were in our inpatient unit, while our social work team worked on placement issues or they worked on caregiver issues. They worked on things like that. It’s tremendously painful.
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