The last of the senses to decrease
What is hearing?
This is completed on admission, recertification, and when ordered.
What is an oxygen assessment?
This person is available 24/7
What is a hospice nurse?
Fire alert
What is a code red?
This is a way you communicate without speaking
Who is non-verbal?
When a patient is referred to hospice, their physician believes they have this amount of time live if their disease follows it's normal course
What is 6 months?
Absent pulse of the radial artery, "fish out of water" breathing, nonresponsive
What are the last few hours of life?
How this is ordered.
What is liter flow?
Scale that measures five functional domains: ambulation, activity level and evidence of disease, self-care, oral intake, and level of consciousness
What is a Palliative Performance Scale?
Utility outage
What is a code white?
This is the first thing you should do when you communicate with a new person
What is introduce yourself?
Name 3 things a patient must have to be eligible for Alzheimer's
What is a FAST of 7A or lower, 10% weight loss in 6 months or albumin <2.5, infections, stage 3 or 4 wounds, rapid decline?
Typically pear or butterfly shaped discoloration that may develop during the dying process
What is a Kennedy ulcer?
This can be nasal canula or mask
What is the route?
People responsible for a patient's pain
What is the entire hospice team?
Child abduction
What is a code Adam?
A look of surprise, disgust, unbelief, or appearance that you are not listening
What is a facial expression?
Patient has dyspnea at rest, O2 sat less than 88% and has been admitted to hospital x 2 for pneumonia. Hospice diagnosis
What is COPD?
Continuous or PRN
Who is how often to use it?
Scale used to measure pain in a nonverbal patient
What is a FLACC scale?
Pediatric medical emergency
What is a code pink?
You introduce yourself, sit at eye level with eye contact in close proximity to the person you are speaking to
What is proper communication?
An ejection fraction <20% and angina or dyspnea qualifies a patient for this hospice diagnosis
What is heart disease?
Betty Joe has been sleeping peacefully for a few days. She suddenly wakes up, and demands to have a cheeseburger. She also wants to go outside and see the pretty flowers.
What is the final rally?
This is required when oxygen is started
What is an order?
A reliable measure commonly used to assess functional status in patients with dementia.
What is a functional assessment staging tool (FAST)?
Missing adult person
What is a code brown?
During conversation you repeat back what the patient or caregiver is saying at key times
What is active listening?
A patient is admitted with cancer, they must exhibit a functional decline with a PPS score of
What is less than 70%?
Person we should offer to call when the patient is actively dying.
Who is the chaplain?
Oxygen at 3 liters nasal canula continuously for dyspnea
What is a COMPLETE oxygen order?
It is what the patient says it is
What is pain?
Tornado warning
What is a code grey?
You should never give this to a patient for communication
What is personal cell number?
INR of 3.0 unmedicated, albumin of 1.8, ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, and weight loss qualifies a patient for this hospice diagnosis
What is liver disease?
Side to turn the patient on when they have terminal secretions
What is the left side?
This is what can cause an explosion when done with oxygen on
What is smoking?
Private homes, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospitals.
What are the places hospice serves patients?
Violent/combative situation
What is a code violet?
This is the departments goal for Communication on our CAHPS
What is an A?
Serum creatinine > 8.0mg/dl qualifies them for this hospice diagnosis
What is renal failure?