Hospi Corporation: Keeping hospice patients comfortable in the midst of opioid shortage. [Newark, CALIFORNIA, March 13, 2018] – Up to 75% of dying patients experience pain requiring opioid analgesics when they enter the terminal phase. In response to the injectables...
Patrice “Patti” Moore, RN, BSN, MSN, ARNP, recently posted the following article. November is National Hospice Month; a month in which the nation’s attention should be on the wonderful care and support hospice organizations provide to dying people and their loved...
In situations where swallowing medication is difficult or not possible alternate routes of medication administration are needed. These situations can occur for various reasons, such as severe nausea and vomiting, an obstruction of the gastrointestinal tract, trauma...
