Myths
The details
Annual CC's
Patient Care
Etc.
100
Hospice is only for people with cancer.
What is FALSE
100
Private homes, nursing homes, assited living facilities and hospitals.
What are the places hospice serves patients
100

Before eating, after using the restroom, when exposed to bacteria and when visibly soiled

What is when you should wash your hands with soap and water

100
"when cancer cells start in a primary site and migrate to a different site"
What is metastasis
100
13 months
What is the time the family gets follow up contact from the bereavement program
200
Hospice is for people who only have a few days to live.
What is FALSE
200
Six months or less.
What is the prognosis a patient has to be eligible for hospice.
200

Antibiotics, feeding tubes, oxygen, IV fluids

What are some conversations regarding interventions that may prolong life unnecessarily at the end of life. 

200
grimacing, wincing, restlessness, guarding, etc.
What are signs of pain
200
Stop talking, concentrate on what they are saying, don't interrupt, don't argue mentally, etc.
What is the process of empathic listening
300
Hospice goes where the patient goes.
What is TRUE
300
2 Medical Doctors
What is the necessary amount of signatures needed to deem an individual as incapacitated
300
Administering medication, transporting patients in a vehicle, feeding (without training)
What are things a volunteer is prohibited from doing
300
The last of the senses to decrease
What is hearing
300
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression & Acceptance
What are the emotional stages of dying
400
Choosing hospice means giving up all medical treatment

False - Hospice places the patient and family at the center of the care planning process and provides quality pain management, symptom control, education on disease processes and treatment options for related and unrelated illnesses.

400
MDs, RNs, HHAs, volunteers, chaplains, SWs, bereavement, etc.
What is the hospice team
400
To protect a patient's personal information, only letting those who NEED TO KNOW access this information to deliver quality care.
What is confidentiality
400
Respirations have ceased, bowel/bladder empty, color becomes pale, pulse stops. Call hospice (not 911)
What is moment of death
400

Name 3 measurable criteria used in hospice

PPS, FAST, MAC, WT, BMI, NYHA

500
Hospice is about QUALITY of life, not QUANTITY.
What is TRUE
500
5% of all patient care
What is the amount of care required to be provided by volunteers
500

2 new regulations required on admission that started Oct of 2020

1. Patient notification of non covered hospice items, services and drugs form which includes the Right to Immediate Advocacy

2. New updated Hospice Election Statement which includes the Right to Choose An Attending Physician, Hospice Philosophy and Coverage, and the Right to Request the Patient Notification of Hospice Non Covered Items, Services and Drugs 

500
A major robber of quality of life.
What is pain
500

Morphine, Lorazepam, Haldol, hyoscyamine, may also include Promethazine, Bisocodyl or Senna 

Comfort kit or E-kit (emergency kit). Common medications used for comfort at the end of life. 

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