Hospice and Palliative Care Handbook : Quality, Compliance and Reimbursement by Fred F. Ferri and Tina M. Marrelli (1998, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherElsevier-Health Sciences Division
ISBN-100815135572
ISBN-139780815135579
eBay Product ID (ePID)459625

Product Key Features

Number of Pages544 Pages
Publication NameHospice and Palliative Care Handbook : Quality, Compliance and Reimbursement
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
SubjectNursing / Home & Community Care, Terminal Care
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMedical
AuthorFred F. Ferri, Tina M. Marrelli
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight18.1 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number3
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN98-035982
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal362.1/756
Table Of ContentHospice: A Unique Practice Specialty · An Overview of Hospice Documentation · Planning and Managing Care in Hospice · Medical-Surgical Care Guidelines: Special Patients and Families · Hospice Care of Children: Special Patients and Families · Planning and Implementing Nutritional Care · Pain: Assessment and Management Resources · Hospice Definitions, Roles, and Abbreviations · Directory of Resources · NANDA-Approved Nursing Diagnoses · Appendix A: Drug Formularies · Appendix B: OASIS
SynopsisHOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE HANDBOOK includes everything hospice and palliative care providers need to know. For each of the hospice-related clinical problems presented, the handbook offers detailed standards and documentation guidelines including ICD-9 Diagnostic Codes, NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses, service skills, including the skills of the interdisciplinary hospice care team, outcomes and goals, and specific tips for reimbursement and quality. This compact, easy-to-use handbook is the only guide that offers clinicians complete coverage of all hospice-related conditions with practical and specific guidance for hospice care and documentation. It takes the guesswork out of hospice goals, interventions, and outcomes., HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE HANDBOOK includes everything hospice and palliative care providers need to know. For each of the hospice-related clinical problems presented, the handbook offers detailed standards and documentation guidelines including ICD-9 Diagnostic Codes, NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses, service skills, including the skills of the interdisciplinary hospice care team, outcomes and goals, and specific tips for reimbursement and quality. This compact, easy-to-use handbook is the only guide that offers clinicians complete coverage of all hospice-related conditions with practical and specific guidance for hospice care and documentation. It takes the guesswork out of hospice goals, interventions, and outcomes. Offers consistently formatted clinical care guidelines in an easy-to-access alphabetical order that give hospice and palliative care providers direction for careplan development and symptom control. Provides practical tips for effective documentation for common hospice diagnoses/clinical conditions, designed to meet the requirement of third party payors such as Medicare and ensure quality care. Lists safety considerations in each clinical guideline so that hospice care providers can easily review safety risk points by patient problem or diagnosis. Lists ICD-9 codes for each clinical diagnosis or problem necessary for completing HCFA billing forms. Identifies services for each clinical problem, including skilled and unskilled services appropriate for the interdisciplinary team to perform, so that health care providers know the correct procedures for a given problem. Identifies the outcomes of care for each member of the interdisciplinary hospice team so that the entire team works in a complimentary way toward the same goal. Addresses the spiritual and psychosocial concerns of hospice patients and their families to help hospice team members provide complete care. Integrates alternative treatment modalities such as music and massage therapies to cover the entire range of available interventions. Includes patient, family, and caregiver education so that health care providers can supply clients with necessary information. Includes the most current NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses associated with each clinical problem to help hospice nurses identify the nursing diagnoses that apply to particular patients. Includes resources for care and practice that direct the providers to useful sources to improve patient care and enhance their professional practice. Provides pain assessment and management resources to help hospice and palliative care providers assist patients with this common but critical problem. Offers numerous sample forms and tools that can be used for patient assessment, note-taking, planning, and documentation. Includes hospice definitions, roles, and abbreviations; NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses; and community resources. Offers orientation guidelines for clinicians and administrators entering the new and rapidly expanding hospice specialty. Provides review exercises that are especially useful in the orientation of new members of the interdisciplinary hospice team., This handbook assists the home care/hospice nurse with documentation and reimbursement for conditions commonly treated in the hospice setting; identifies skilled interventions and outcomes for patients with a wide variety of problems; and aids in assessments and nursing diagnosis, discharge planning, and psychosocial and spiritual considerations. Also included are the relevant sections of the HCFA HIM-11 manual which delineates HCFAs documentation requirements for Medicare patients., Hospice and Palliative Care Handbook: Quality, Compliance, and Reimbursement includes everything hospice and palliative care providers need to know to effectively provide and document quality care that is based on accepted professional standards. Offers consistently formatted clinical care guidelines in an easy-to-access alphabetical order that give hospice and palliative care providers direction for careplan development and symptom control. Provides practical tips for effective documentation for common hospice diagnoses/clinical conditions, designed to meet the requirement of third party payors such as Medicare and ensure quality care. Lists safety considerations in each clinical guideline so that hospice care providers can easily review safety risk points by patient problem or diagnosis. Lists ICD-9 codes for each clinical diagnosis or problem necessary for completing HCFA billing forms. Identifies services for each clinical problem, including skilled and unskilled services appropriate for the interdisciplinary team to perform, so that health care providers know the correct procedures for a given problem. Identifies the outcomes of care for each member of the interdisciplinary hospice team so that the entire team works in a complimentary way toward the same goal. Addresses the spiritual and psychosocial concerns of hospice patients and their families to help hospice team members provide complete care. Integrates alternative treatment modalities such as music and massage therapies to cover the entire range of available interventions. Includes patient, family, and caregiver education so that health care providers can supply clients with necessary information. Includes the most current NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses associated with each clinical problem to help hospice nurses identify the nursing diagnoses that apply to particular patients. Includes resources for care and practice that direct the providers to useful sources to improve patient care and enhance their professional practice. Provides pain assessment and management resources to help hospice and palliative care providers assist patients with this common but critical problem. Offers numerous sample forms and tools that can be used for patient assessment, note-taking, planning, and documentation. Includes hospice definitions, roles, and abbreviations; NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses; and community resources. Offers orientation guidelines for clinicians and administrators entering the new and rapidly expanding hospice specialty. Provides review exercises that are especially useful in the orientation of new members of the interdisciplinary hospice team.
LC Classification NumberRA1000.M37 1998

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