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Learning Objectives
Identify the difference between hospice and palliative care in goals, scope of care, and application to patient scenarios.
Identify the standards of practice for hospice and palliative nursing as outlined by the American Nurses Association/Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (2007).
Differentiate between advance directive, living will, medical power of attorney, and POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment.)
Illustrate how to discuss serious news with a patient and his/her family utilizing the SPIKES model.
Identify four critical criteria which patients must meet in order to receive the Medicare hospice benefit.