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Post Multidisciplinary Palliative Care THFWPC 2 06/10/2013
Hello. I am new to this forum and excited about the information I am gathering and hope to receive in response to this post. In evaluating our staffing for our very busy adult consult service within a 700+ bed facility, it seems that we are markedly under ...
Post RN Caseload polive 2 02/19/2013
Would anyone be willing to share links, standards, experience about what is considered a full-time case load for a hospice outpatient case manager? The case manager does all the nursing visits, scheduled and prn. Thank you, Phyllis Olive, RN
Post Chaplain Staffing for Hospital PC team MorrisPCMD 3 02/04/2013
Are there benchmarks for chaplain staffing in hospital palliative care? We have about 150 consults/ month and an ADC of 30-40. We would like to make the case to the hospital for more chaplain support. What is the benchmark? Any standards?
Post RN Coordinator KMick 3 01/21/2013
I am an RN and the coordinator for the palliative care program without a physician. I work with the individual physicians that consult me in the hospital setting. Does anyone know of a similar program that I can compare data and information with?
Post Palliative care APN/Adult gero NP? ICURN4PC 2 01/03/2013
I am currently program shopping for an NP program that fits my lifestyle needs. I am looking for any advice. My goal is to work as an APN in palliative care, ideally in the outpatient setting. I think getting my adult primary care nurse practitioner is th ...
Post ARNP compensation package bishoplr 2 01/29/2013
Hello, We are looking at our compensation package for ARNPs. Most of our PC NPs work in our outpatient PC service primarily doing home visits. Can anyone share your productivity and/or quality expectations to achieve any additional compensation? Thank ...
Post Collaborative Practice Agreement amoore 2 12/17/2012
Our hospice and palliative care program needs a collaborative practice agreement for our physician and NP. I am wondering if anyone is willing to share their agreement to serve as a reference? Any help is greatly appreciated!
Post ARNP hospital privileges jwhittall 1 11/27/2012
We have an inpatient Palliative Care team with 3.5 physicians and are looking to hire an ARNP. Although our state allows ARNPs to function autonomously, our hospital privileges do not. Does anyone have sample hospital privileges for Palliative Care ARNP ...
Post staffing - home-based pediatric palliative care jahrens 1 10/04/2012
We are a relatively new home-based pediatric palliative care program looking for information about how others staff similiar programs. Any information is appreciated. 1. How many dedicated FTEs (by type: MD, SW, RN, therapists/counselors - by type, etc.) ...
Post Chaplain Job Description carnold 2 08/14/2012
Does any one have a job description for a Palliative Care Chaplain they would be willing to share with me. Thanks, Cheryl Arnold, RN, MHS, CHPN Palliative Care Coordinator St. Mary's Medical Center Evansville, IN
Post Staffing for APN SandraK 2 07/24/2012
I am trying to determine the average patient case load an APN carries on a daily bases in a palliative care role. Thank you,
Post hand off tool maryg 2 06/19/2012
Does any one have a hand off tool that they use to provide information to the call staff on the patientss in the sevice for the wekend?
Post hand off tool maryg 3 07/03/2012
Does any one have a hand off tool that they use to provide information to the call staff on the patientss in the sevice for the wekend?
Post Career in PPC LISAMC 3 06/26/2012
I am interested in pursuing a degree where I can work in PPC. I am not interested in nursing, but more in the support and coordination aspect. Would a social work degree be my best choice? Any other suggestions?
Post Palliative Care Team Work Flow csiedlik 6 08/29/2012
We have a busy inpatient 24/7 consult service with 2 Full time Nurse Practioners and 1 Full time Physician. I am interested in how other services divide weekly work load for consults, follow ups and structure time off.
Post Interim solutions while recruiting kiki100 2 04/11/2012
It seems like many growing programs have been in the situation of having the consult volume outpace staffing capabilities. For those of you in this situation,especially anyone who eventually got additional funding to expand staffing, what were your inter ...
Post Flash Pulmonary Edema yaegerj 2 02/23/2012
Does anyone have a protocol for treating flash pulmonary edema in the home that they would be willing to share?
Post National Comparison on FTE vs Volume? lifesjourneyteam 3 02/01/2012
Is there any published data on inpatient consultation palliative care teams regarding patient volumes per FTE? We are trying to find out an average of how many patients can be seen per FTE (initial consult and/or follow up visit) to see how our team comp ...
Post Concerns about diversion and illicit drug use sgray 2 09/21/2011
I work for a nurse oriented palliative care service in a large community hospital. I am also involved with a task force to address our system's pain issues. We are working on order sets for our EPIC emr for provider use when ordering opiates. Recently ...
Post Cost of RN, MSW, and Chaplain per visits rates? MP 4 08/24/2011
Hi, I am helping develop our palliative care services. As part of this role I need to research the going rates for hospice trained RN, MSW, and Chaplain visits, as we would like to contract with a hospice to purchase these a la carte on an as need basis. ...
Post Physician's Assistant education aherman 6 08/24/2011
I've recently hired a Physician's Assistant for our new inpatient consulation service. Are there any educational programs that are directed for Physician's Assistants specifically? I am educating informally in addition. I'm looking for online, conferenc ...
Post Weekend face to face rmsmith65nc 2 07/26/2011
I know that this topic has probably already been discussed ad nauseum but our director of QI just came back from a meeting and suggested that the way we are doing our weekend F2F encounters may no longer be in compliance with the regulations. We are a m ...
Post RN consults Mulvey1 3 09/09/2011
Our palliative care has 1 full time NP and we just recently hired a RN 0.5FTE. We are not currently billing and administration did not agree to hiring another NP right now. The purpose of hiring the RN was to help me since is has been very busy and to cov ...
Post Acadamic Palliative Medicine and Medical Director damorri1 2 07/26/2011
I am working on finding my first job after fellowship in palliative medicine. I am discussing an academic position with a smaller medical school. A major clinical responsibility would be medical director of the local hospice agency fund a good portion of ...
Post New staff orientation Weissman 1 06/02/2011
Does anyone have a new palliative care staff orientation guide/manual they are willing to share? David Weissman, MD CAPC Consultant
Post RN and consults Mulvey1 2 06/02/2011
As an addendum to my first post we area currently not billing for the palliative care services
Post RN and consult Mulvey1 2 06/02/2011
We have a 1 NP run program which is doing well and have just hired a 0.5 FTE RN. We are currently now billing for my services. My question is: Are there any restrictions to a RN doing the initial consults? I heard that joint commission may not agree with ...
Post Job Postings in the Field of Palliative Care PCaines 1 05/25/2011
As a follow-up to today's audio conference, "Recruiting a Physician to the Palliative Care Team," presented by Rodney O. Tucker, MD I want to inform you that CAPC posts positions for palliative care professionals as a free service to the field. You ca ...
Post Return on Investment mommdoc 4 05/20/2011
I have a program at my community hospital with 360beds, and it is myself and anoter physician. Additional staff comprise my "team" pulling from other departments, but I need to justify a full-time social worker hired by the hospital. The institution is lo ...
Post Making a case for additional FTE RN position. jbraden 2 05/09/2011
I am in need for another RN to help me with this busy PCT here in VA. Are benchmarks/standards out there that will help me plead my case. I collect data but I am not sure what will aide in my cause the most. Interested to hear what advise you all might ha ...
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