When Death is Near
How much time a patient might have left who exhibits an energy surge, restlessness, and a weak pulse.
What is days to hours?
The only vegetable that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked or in any other form except fresh.
What is lettuce?
This must be completed within 5 days of admission.
What is the Comprehensive Assessment?
Best practice is by 9 AM the next day and at the latest within 24 hours of visit.
When is documentation expected to be completed in Hospice?
The comprehensive assessment is completed by these team members.
Who are the RN, MSW, Chaplain & MD?
Patients may spend more time asleep than alert and awake, and have less of a need to communicate when they are doing this.
What is withdrawing?
The only sport in which neither the participants nor the spectators know the score or leader until the contest ends.
What is boxing?
This visit must take place every 14 days.
What is the HHA supervision?
When a patient says “I want my keys, I need to find my suitcase, I’m going on a long trip” they are using this form of communication.
What is symbolic language?
Negative Particle that orbits an atom’s nucleus.
What is an electron?
Every 15 days.
What is how frequently the plan of care should be updated (at a minimum)?
13 months is the guideline according to
our Medicare benefit.
What is Bereavement Services to survivors?
When a patient is experiencing this it might be useful to limit visitors and minimize outside distractions.
What is confusion/disorientation?
The mojito, a rum and lime juice drink, was said to be a favorite of this “old man and the sea” author.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
2 x 90 days and then unlimited 60 days
What are the benefit periods for Hospice?
This discipline must be notified when there is a change in patient address, a change in patient eligibility…the sooner the better.
Who are the Hospice Support Specialists?
Hospice volunteers are considered to be this.
What are employees and part of our core Hospice services?
A non-pharmacological way you can help a patient when breathing patterns change - either slowing down or becoming rapid shallow breaths.
What is turn person to the side and raise the head of the bed?
Kit Carson turns up in her 1927 novel “Death comes for the Archbishop”
Who is Willa Cather?
**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**
Define FAST and what it is used for
What is Functional Assessment Staging? This score should be assessed and documented at admission and throughout the course of care for all dementia patients. Helps determine eligibility (initial and ongoing) for hospice.
Team members who must be notified when
there is a significant change in a patient’s condition.
Who is everyone involved in the patient’s care?