California POLST Form Updated
Posted on April 19th, 2011 by Josh Allen, RN
On April 1 of this year, the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California announced that the California version of the POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) form has been updated. Updates include a change to the color of paper the form is to be printed on (now Ultra Pink) and changes to some of the language on the form.
More Information:
A description of the changes
The California POLST form
CCCC webinar on the POLST changes
Don’t know what the POLST is? Learn more here
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