*SPECIAL GUEST* - Sasha Griffith, RN, BSN, CHPPN, CPLC
We have not one but two special guests this week! Delaney Herman is back this week as my co-host to help me interview Sasha Griffith from our palliative care team.
Sasha walks us through the complexities of palliative care covering the following:
- The difference between palliative care & hospice care
- What it looks like for a patient to be discharged home on hospice care
- What kinds of providers & healthcare professionals form a palliative care team
- The role of palliative care in the hospital/inpatient setting
- Counseling patients and families on how to talk about their baby's diagnosis with other young children in the family and also adult family members and friends
- The process of developing a care plan or delivery plan for a family in need of palliative care