MCN’s customizable template, Initial Hospice Assessment, is taken from our Hospice Policy and Procedure Manual. MCN Healthcare’s proven policy and procedure templates, competencies and compliance tools have assisted more than 20,000 health care organizations worldwide meet their regulatory compliance goals.

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Here is some sample content from Initial Hospice Assessment:

	PURPOSE: To provide guidelines for the initial assessment and plan of care. POLICY: Hospice completes an initial patient assessment within 72 hours of referral. The Hospice Registered Nurse or designee documents the assessment in the patient's clinical record. PROCEDURE: During the initial patient assessment, Hospice staff document all baseline data and other relevant information in the patient's clinical record, including at least the following information: An assessment of pain, including the origin, location, duration, severity and relief measures An assessment of secondary symptoms,...
Second excerpt:
	...Equipment presently in home and potentially needed by patient Medications, including prescription and over-the-counter medications Patient, family or caregiver support systems and when the family or caregiver is available, and whether he/she is capable and willing to provide care, including applicable strengths of patient, physical, psychosocial and/or spiritual resources available Psychosocial assessment, i.e., emotional barriers to treatment, cognitive limitations, memory,...