In this episode I review some of the challenges we can face when caring for patients with a long history of substance abuse.
During the show I review the psychosocial reasons we will find ways to not admit people who need hospice.
I also discuss how we can easily complicate the qualifications for hospice when we interject our own feelings and fears into the situation.
At the end of the show I share the story of a heart failure patient with special needs, and how we adjusted our plan of care to make sure this patient got the care he needed.
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James worked on-and-off as an LPN for over 20 years. In 2014 he completed a bridge program and became an RN. James became a hospice nurse in January 2015. He lives in the Kansas City area with his wife of over 30 years, 4 daughters and 2 sons in law.