HOSPICE DOCUMENTATION: PAINTING THE PICTURE OF THE TERMINAL PATIENT
HOSPICE DOCUMENTATION: PAINTING THE PICTURE OF THE TERMINAL PATIENT
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OBJECTIVES
At completion the participant will be able to: ? Identify 2 components of a hospice note ? Describe 3 parts of the routine note that need to be documented
with each visit ? Define documentation of pain assessment to include 2 types of
standardized pain scales. ? List the important areas of documentation that are the best
indicators of decline. ? State 3 terms to avoid when documenting in a hospice chart
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DOCUMENTATION OF THE NOTE
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NURSING DOCUMENTATION
? The Hospice Nurse is responsible for management of the patient as a whole. The nurse has to know everything that is going on with the patient at any given time. Even if the LPN/LVN is seeing the patient on the majority of the visits, it is still the responsibility of the RN to ensure that he/she knows all aspects of the patients care and improvement/ decline.
? It is the responsibility of the LPN/LVN to report any and all changes on the patient on a weekly basis and when changes occur at each visit.
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CASE MANAGEMENT APPROACH
Defense
Interdisciplinary
Case Manager
Knowledge
Educator
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