Bathing Document Presentation 
Hospice Nurse Hero
JANUARY 26, 2022
Hospice documentation is tedious and time-consuming. I’ve outlined simple tips to help you master the fundamentals of hospice documentation. Do you spend hours documenting at home? Worse yet, do you find yourself frustrated when “corporate” only seems to care about timely documentation? Documentation is king!!
AJN Off the Charts
JULY 31, 2023
The nurse documents the pain score as 0/10 and continues their rounds. Pain goals specific to undertaking certain functions such as walking, transferring from bed to chair, or bathing/dressing that are set by the patient and clinician have long been understood as important. The patient replies “zero, as long as I don’t move.”
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Hope Hospice
OCTOBER 28, 2019
The Five Wishes document is a way for you to communicate your desires for how you want to be treated—medically, physically, and spiritually—if you get seriously ill and/or death is near. Five Wishes is a legal document for persons age 18 and older in California and 41 other states. How to obtain a Five Wishes document.
Daily Nurse
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
So people like certified nursing assistants or patient care techs will do many hands-on activities of daily living like bathing, dressing, and other things. They won’t be in there doing the baths as much and that type of thing. So, whatever we do, we document it and get reimbursed. So that’s what the team model does.
Hospice Nurse Hero
AUGUST 21, 2022
When this happens, you’ll want to use these tips to document the hospice recertification with ease. While the nurse practitioner can perform the face-to-face visit, it is up to the hospice medical director to review the documentation and certify the patient still meets hospice criteria. Use Comparison Documentation.
Hospice Nurse Hero
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
She bathed her, dressed her, and combed her hair. Document the death Call the coroner, Notify the funeral home Console the family. If family is not present, you can call and notify them of the patient’s death. Expert Hospice Documentation Tips. End-of-Life Care Death Documentation. Yep, it never goes away!
Hospice Nurse Hero
JANUARY 30, 2024
Document in REAL TIME!!! or whatever day works best for both the facility and you ) Notify the patient’s family before your scheduled visit so they can make arrangements to be present if they want to. Visit during meals and at bath time. Document in real time. Want more hospice documentation tips? NO EXCUSES!
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