Miscellaneous

Question 1

General Order of Operations in hospice/palliative care work

Answer 1

Screen in order to
Assess in order to
Plan with IDT in order to
Plan SW interventions in order to
Apply Intervention--hand off to other discipline or discharge
Re assess
Adjust intervention as needed
Hand off or discharge

Question 2

General order of alerts in hospice/palliative care

Answer 2

pain
Safey on discharge
Spiritual Distress
HIPAA

Question 3

CMS definition of Palliative care

Answer 3

Patient and family centered care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering. PC throughout the continuum of illness involves addressing physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spirituatl needs and to facilitate Pt autonomy, access to information, and choice.