Symptom Management Approaches in the Home and Inpatient Hospice Settings Utilizing the Macy Catheter Method

Symptom Management Approaches in the Home and Inpatient Hospice Settings Utilizing the Macy Catheter Method is proudly presented to you by Hospi Corporation. Thank you. We hope that you enjoy your course.

Dr. Wendy Schmitz MD, Vice President of Medical Care at Ohio’s Hospice™ shares how the Macy Catheter has become a standard of practice at their agency, replacing parenteral medication delivery in the majority of their patients. Dr. Schmitz will share results from a large survey of nurses at their agency looking at both the comparative effectiveness and comfort of the Macy Catheter vs subcutaneous and sublingual medication delivery. She will discuss medications used and presents six case studies utilizing the Macy method for severe symptom cases that were very difficult to control with other methods of medication delivery.

Objectives:

1. At the end of this course the learner will be able to describe the mechanism of Rectal administration via the Macy Catheter
2. At the end of this course the learner will be able to list 3 Medications that can be used via the Macy Catheter
3. At the end of this course the learner will be able to list 3 Medications that cannot be used via the Macy Catheter
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4. At the end of this course the learner will be able to describe the results of the Ohio's Hospice survey study on comparative comfort and effectiveness of the Macy Catheter vs subcutaneous delivery