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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

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Yael 10:34 More like a living will kind of a thing. So if it’s an absolutely emergency, you got a physician in the med, you know, the health center medical director, if it’s urgent, like in this particular case, we get the ethics committee involved. Is the patient in your descriptor? Do they have a health care proxy?

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Hospice Nurses: Admission Tips You Can Use Right Now

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Before a patient is admitted to hospice, they must meet Medicare eligibility criteria. If the doctor believes the patient has six months or less to live, they can notify hospice for a consultation and/or admission. Next, medical records are requested by the intake team. It is also smart to know the generic names of medications.