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A Day in the Life: Hospice Nurse  

Daily Nurse

Specific Hospice Local Coverage Determination (LCD) guidelines consider different disease processes, functional limits, and co-morbidities when referring someone to hospice care. Did you need to get additional education to become a hospice nurse? No, I’ve done long-term care for most of my nursing career.

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The Power of Hospice Nursing

Daily Nurse

Palliative care can be provided along with curative treatment and may begin at the time of diagnosis. Over time, if the doctor or the palliative care team believes ongoing treatment is no longer helping, there are two possibilities. 99% of all hospice deaths occur outside of an inpatient unit,” Dibben states.