This customizable document, Nutritional Services, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Hospice Policy and Procedure Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

MCN provides more than 80 health care specific policy and procedure manuals for Acute Care Hospitals, Ambulatory Care, Behavioral Health, Home Health, Physician Practice, and Long Term Care. MCN’s policy and procedure manuals focus on the latest healthcare "hot topic" issues related to patient safety and prevention of medical healthcare errors.

Here is some sample content from Nutritional Services:

	PURPOSE: Hospice provides appropriate nutritional care and consultation to Hospice patients and families or caregivers. POLICY: Terminally ill patients may experience a variety of nutritional problems that would require a nutritional assessment, intervention or counseling. Families or caregivers may have questions or concerns about a patient's nutritional intake as it relates to the physiological changes in the dying process. PROCEDURE: Hospice interdisciplinary team members will identify a need for dietary consultation and contact the Nutritional Educator at the Hospital. The Nutritional...
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	...over the telephone, by mailing information or by making a home visit. The Nutritional Educator communicates the nutritional interventions and plans to the interdisciplinary team. The Nutritional Educator documents findings, interventions and plans in the patient's clinical record. The Nutritional Educator may help Hospice staff in determining effective ways of managing the nutritional needs of Hospice patients. The Nutritional Educator is available for consultations and inservice...