Millcreek's Newest Quality Care Innitiative

Nurse Practitioner House Calls

Millcreek Home Health and Hospice offers hospice patients the services of our nurse practitioner, Laura Chamberlain, APRN. Under Utah’s Nursing Advanced Practice Act, a Nurse Practitioner may provide the following services:

• Maintenance and promotion of health and prevention of disease.
• Diagnosis, treatment, consultation, and referral for common health problems
• Prescription or administration of prescription drugs or devices.

In concert with the patient’s Physician, Nurse Chamberlain, APRN, can provide timely evaluation of any pain or condition change and can make on the spot medication adjustments to promote patient comfort.

What are the Benefits of a Nurse Practitioner in Hospice?

Quick response to patient needs Ÿ High Availability Ÿ Trained to deal with complicated family situations Ÿ Able to adjust medications on the spot Ÿ Able to change the hospice diagnosis Ÿ May attend death if needed

Introducing Laura Chamberlain, APRN

Millcreek Home Health and Hospice is pleased to welcome Nurse Practitioner Laura Chamberlain to our Hospice Leadership Team. In partnership with each patient’s hospice physician, Laura provides the highest quality end of life care with a focus on maintaining patient comfort and dignity.  With over 10 years experience in the health care field, her experience includes serving as the charge nurse in Intensive Care Units and working as a Nurse Case manager in hospice. These experiences offered unique and valuable perspectives on patient family dynamics, the issues inherent to hospice care settings and the ability to provide high quality medical care.

Laura graduated Cum Laude from the University of Utah, earning a Bachelors of Science in Nursing degree in 2005. She went on to earn a Masters of Science in Nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2010, where she graduated at the top of her class with a 4.0 grade point average.

Laura seeks to improve care to seniors by:

·         Providing attentive, timely, high quality medical care.

·         Involving patients and their family members in the plan of care and attending to their physical, mental and spiritual needs.

·         Using therapeutic communication skills throughout the management of care to build trusting relationships with patients and their families.

·         Empowering patients, caregivers and family members through simple and clear education, through demonstrations, visual handouts, and written instructions.

Laura Chamberlain’s exceptional clinical skills and finely tuned understanding of patient’s needs make her a rich resource for Millcreek’s hospice leadership team. We look forward to working with her now and in the future to achieve excellence in hospice care.