Hospice RN
About The Position
The Hospice RN provides hospice services to patients with terminal illnesses in their private homes and, when applicable, in nursing homes or private healthcare facilities. Services are delivered under orders from a private physician. The program is operated by Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Missouri, a non-profit organization, and payment may be through Medicaid, Medicare, or private pay/insurance. The role involves assessing symptoms and responses to treatment, providing end-of-life comfort care, educating patients and caregivers, administering medications and prescribed treatments, managing pain, wounds, and ostomies, and communicating changes in patient health to the physician and hospice interdisciplinary group (IDG) team. Training includes a 30-day period covering policies and procedures, as well as instruction on using the handheld device for patient visits.
Responsibilities
- Assess symptoms of diseases and responses to treatment.
- Teach patients and caregivers how to provide care and offer end-of-life comfort care.
- Answer questions about medications, diet, disease processes, and activity.
- Administer intravenous and injectable medications and perform prescribed treatments.
- Assist with pain control.
- Provide wound management and ostomy care.
- Help restore patient independence.
- Communicate changes in the patient's health to the physician and hospice IDG team as necessary.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
