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End-of-Life Care: Your Patient Has Died, Now What?

Hospice Nurse Hero

End-of-life care is intimate and unique for every patient. As a nurse, when your patient dies, you might be thinking now what should I do? To make matters worse, I had never performed end-of-life care. (I I was busy doing other tasks like the new nurse I was.). Post-Mortem Care Tips.

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How To Help A Loved One During End of Life

Shining Light Hospice

Home” is where the patient resides whether it is a house, an apartment, a room in a family member’s home, or a nursing home. The advantage of home care is that all patients in every stage of the dying process have access to quality medical care as often as they need it without the worry of traveling to get it.

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

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I was alone with her in the end of a long hallway at a nursing home health center. I’m guessing some, because I’ve read a lot of articles, are social workers and nurses, past hospice nurses. Eric: Yeah, that’s interesting because a lot of doulas, too… Well, not a lot.

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Hospice for Dementia

Shining Light Hospice

It involves the patient, their family/friends, and the hospice team, all working in sync to provide compassionate end-of-life care. The hospice team may consist of an attending physician, an RN case manager, a home health aide, a chaplain, and a social worker. It also provides grief support.

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