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Post Palliative Care in Suburban Hospitals
Author: SandySchellinger
Date: Dec 3, 2007 2:01 pm
I am the Palliative Care Director for our Health System which has 4 metro hospitals and 5 regiona/suburban hospitals. We have MD/NP consultative resources in our Metro hospitals which are very busy. I feel somewhat challenged on how to provide palliative care in our suburban hospitals where the volume of patients would not support an FTE for an MD or NP. I would like to hear from programs that have developed palliative care services in rural hospitals and what they look like. Sandy Schellinger
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Re:Palliative Care in Suburban Hospitals (by CynthiaWagner on 12/03/2007)
Sandy, What size is your community hospital and are you sure it wouldn't support an FTE? I'd be very careful about hiring someone on a part-time basis, and doubt the patients would be served well. I was hired to start a PC program at my suburban, community hospital (170 beds) 2 years ago and the volume of consults has more than supported one FTE (in fact we just added another 0.6 FTE). We only do consults M-F, and work closely with the attending physcians. Additionally, my community hospital does not have a pain managment service, and I have expanded to do "pain consults" which has also helped support the volumes. I'd be glad to discuss further if you'd like to email directly: wagnercy@mlhs.org Cynthia Wagner, RN, MSN

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