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Author: cblizzard
Date: Jun 6, 2010 3:15 pm
At our hospital ANYONE can ask for a palliative care consult; MD, nurse, family, RT etc. Someone from our team (social worker, RN, APN) will go by, look at the chart briefly, support the Staffer who asked for the consult and put a very brief note on the chart in the physician's notes stating a palliative care consult had been requested, what we might be able to help with and an invite to the attending to call us if he/she would like our assistance. We check back the following day and again support the staff if no consult has been ordered by the physician. We cannot see the patient without the attending's order but we can help the staff with what to say to convince the MD.
C. Blizzard, MD
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Houston
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