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

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For starters, you should make sure the family knows to call the hospice agency when the patient dies. One of the roles of hospice is to confirm the absence of vital signs and comfort the family. There are few things that break my heart more than hearing from patients that the hospice didn’t show up for the death.

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5 Tips to Stop Feeling Incompetent for New Hospice Nurses

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RELATED ARTICLE: Hospice IDG: Top Time Wasters and How to Avoid Them. You will want to have the following information available: Patient diagnosis Symptoms plus duration Medications – what’s working or not working and any recent adjustments Vital signs What you’d like to see happen (orders, tests, etc.).