Melissa Snodgrass-Wold, LPN
Hospice Nurse
Hospice of the Northwest
Melissa discusses how the Macy Catheter compares to the sublingual route regarding comfort, dignity, and efficacy. She also discusses how families react to introduction of the rectal route.

The Rectal Route– More Dignified than Sublingual

Melissa Snodgrass-Wold, LPN
Hospice Nurse
Hill Country Memorial Hospice
Melissa discusses how the Macy Catheter compares to the sublingual route regarding comfort, dignity, and efficacy. She also discusses how families react to introduction of the rectal route.
Rectal Catheter Enables Patient to Build Log Cabin While on Hospice Care

Rectal Catheter Enables Patient to Build Log Cabin While on Hospice Care

Rectal Catheter is the Most Dignified Administration Option

Rectal Catheter is the Most Dignified Administration Option

Rectal Catheter Provides More Reliable and Dignified Administration Than Sublingual

Rectal Catheter Provides More Reliable and Dignified Administration Than Sublingual

Rectal Catheter is More Effective Than Pain Pumps & Sublingual

Rectal Catheter is More Effective Than Pain Pumps & Sublingual

Rectal Catheter Decreases Cost & Nursing Time at Unity Hospice

Rectal Catheter Decreases Cost & Nursing Time at Unity Hospice

Hospice Director Champions Rectal Catheter After Device Helps His Mom

Hospice Director Champions Rectal Catheter After Device Helps His Mom

Rectal Catheter Empowers Both Nurses and Families at Unity Hospice

Rectal Catheter Empowers Both Nurses and Families at Unity Hospice

Rectal Catheter Helps Patients Remain in Their Setting of Choice

Rectal Catheter Helps Patients Remain in Their Setting of Choice

A Hospice Nurse Explains How a Rectal Catheter Empowers Nurses

A Hospice Nurse Explains How a Rectal Catheter Empowers Nurses

Rectal Catheter Reduces Cost While Improving Patient Care

Rectal Catheter Reduces Cost While Improving Patient Care

The Rectal Route– More Dignified than Sublingual

The Rectal Route– More Dignified than Sublingual

Navigating a Medication Shortage Using a Rectal Catheter

Navigating a Medication Shortage Using a Rectal Catheter

Rectal Catheter Proves More Effective Than Sublingual Administration

Rectal Catheter Proves More Effective Than Sublingual Administration

Caregiver’s Burden of Care Decreased by Rectal Catheter

Caregiver’s Burden of Care Decreased by Rectal Catheter

Rectal Route Proves Simpler and More Effective Than Oral

Rectal Route Proves Simpler and More Effective Than Oral

How to Introduce a Rectal Catheter to Concerned Caregivers

How to Introduce a Rectal Catheter to Concerned Caregivers

Hospice Nurse Finds Rectal Catheter More Effective Than IV

Hospice Nurse Finds Rectal Catheter More Effective Than IV

VP of Clinical Excellence Advocates for Rectal Catheter

VP of Clinical Excellence Advocates for Rectal Catheter

Patients are willing to try the rectal route. Are nurses?

Patients are willing to try the rectal route. Are nurses?

If Your Patient Can’t Swallow, Try the Rectal Route

If Your Patient Can’t Swallow, Try the Rectal Route

Using a Rectal Catheter Despite Cultural Pushback

Using a Rectal Catheter Despite Cultural Pushback

Trying the Rectal Route Because It Works

Trying the Rectal Route Because It Works

Reduce Medication Waste by Trying the Rectal Route

Reduce Medication Waste by Trying the Rectal Route

Rectal Catheter Allows for More Caregiver Involvement

Rectal Catheter Allows for More Caregiver Involvement

Patient’s wish to receive hydration and remain at home realized by using the Macy Catheter

Patient’s wish to receive hydration and remain at home realized by using the Macy Catheter

Rectal Catheter Allows Patients to Remain in Their Setting of Choice

Rectal Catheter Allows Patients to Remain in Their Setting of Choice

Gastroparesis Patient Controls Her Own Pain and Nausea Using the Macy Catheter

Gastroparesis Patient Controls Her Own Pain and Nausea Using the Macy Catheter

Resolving Status Epilepticus in Minutes and Allowing for Caregiver Involvement at the Bedside

Resolving Status Epilepticus in Minutes and Allowing for Caregiver Involvement at the Bedside

Supporting Families of Distressed Patients and Circumventing Rectal Route Stigma

Supporting Families of Distressed Patients and Circumventing Rectal Route Stigma

Nausea Resolved in 20 Minutes Without the Oral Route

Nausea Resolved in 20 Minutes Without the Oral Route

The More Dignified Way: Pain Controlled in 20 Minutes

The More Dignified Way: Pain Controlled in 20 Minutes

The Easy Route: Distress Controlled in 10 Minutes

The Easy Route: Distress Controlled in 10 Minutes

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