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Post Nursing Care Plan
Author: sduross
Date: Mar 18, 2008 10:32 am
For those of you with inpatient units, what nursing care plan do you use for end of life care? If you have a "comfort care" care plan, would you please share?
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Re:Nursing Care Plan (by barton_bobb on 05/05/2008)
We don't have a particular care plan for end-of-life care, but we do have an extensive set of palliative care algorithms for symptom management and they can be found under the "tools" section on this website:

http://www.capc.org/tools-for-palliative-care-programs/clinical-tools/policies-procedures/palliative-algorithms.ppt#256,1,Palliative Care Algorithms

If the order for these "Palliatice Care symptom relief algorithms" has been put into our Cerner system for a patient, nurses are able to enter any orders as needed (as long as they follow the algorithm precisely). That being said, implementing these algorithms safely requires extensive training and other factors that we could discuss if you are interested. My e-mail address is listed on the post.

Thanks,
Bart Bobb, Palliative Care APN @ VCU Medical Center
Re:Nursing Care Plan (by micahcsmith on 04/28/2010)
This is what we use.
nursing-care-plan-911.com

PROBLEM:

Needs Hospice care due to __________________



GOAL:

Will be kept comfortable



APPROACH:

Hospice program of:_____________________As Dr. Ordered.


Flowsheet: N/A Discipline: Registered Nurse (RN)
Frequency: N/A






APPROACH:

Monitor for complaints of pain or discomfort


Flowsheet: N/A Discipline: Registered Nurse (RN)
Frequency: N/A






APPROACH:

Encourage visitors


Flowsheet: N/A Discipline: Activities, Registered Nurse (RN), Social Services
Frequency: N/A






APPROACH:

Monitor for abnormal weight loss, appetite, skin breakdown and report MD promptly, keep family and Hospice aware


Flowsheet: N/A Discipline: Registered Nurse (RN)
Frequency: N/A






APPROACH:

Encourage socialization and activity daily


Flowsheet: N/A Discipline: Activities, Registered Nurse (RN), Social Services
Frequency: N/A






APPROACH:

Listen to the resident and resolve concerns as possible


Flowsheet: N/A Discipline: Activities, Registered Nurse (RN), Social Services
Frequency: N/A



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