Rn
Kansas City, Missouri Area
Served for over 7 years as an After-Hours, Hospice Triage RN in the home setting.• Provided Specialized end-of-life care to the adult and pediatric populations, attending to chronic and acute medical needs, treating pain, nausea/vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, delirium, dyspnea, anxiety, terminal restlessness, urinary retention and other common symptoms, providing education, wound care, emotional, spiritual support, supporting family members.• Triaged incoming calls from patients, patients' family members and other caregivers. I would assess the situations by the callers' descriptions of the issues, use nursing judgment to either instruct the caller how to best handle the situation and/or make, or dispatch another nurse, chaplain or other members of the interdisciplinary team to make an after-hours visit to assist the patient and/or family.• Make time-of-death visits to assist the family/caregivers with post-mortem care of the body, destruction and disposal of controlled medications, calling and collaborating with the funeral home and providing guidance, presence and emotional support during such trying times.