Strengths-Based Care
No abstract available (Source: Home Healthcare Nurse)
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - November 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: CONSULT PRN Source Type: research
A Day in the Life of a Home Health Aide in New York City During the COVID-19 Outbreak
No abstract available (Source: Home Healthcare Nurse)
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - November 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF... Source Type: research
IHCNO Collaborates With the DAISY Foundation
No abstract available (Source: Home Healthcare Nurse)
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - November 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: IHCNO Source Type: research
Opioid Abuse in Older Adults
No abstract available (Source: Home Healthcare Nurse)
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - November 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: ISMP MEDICATION SAFETY Source Type: research
Interprofessional Collaboration and Home Healthcare
No abstract available (Source: Home Healthcare Nurse)
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - November 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: FOCUS ON THERAPY Source Type: research
Oral Health and Aspiration Pneumonia
No abstract available (Source: Home Healthcare Nurse)
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - November 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: FOCUS ON GERIATRICS Source Type: research
The Utility of a Safety Committee
No abstract available (Source: Home Healthcare Nurse)
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - November 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: FOCUS ON SAFETY Source Type: research
Behind the Mask: New Challenges to Gaining Patient Trust
This article provides tips on ways to use verbal and nonverbal communication to demonstrate empathy and to build trust in patient interactions to offset the difficulties wearing a mask can impose. (Source: Home Healthcare Nurse)
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - November 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Source Type: research
Team Members' Roles in Home Healthcare: Evidence From the “AKEΣΩ—1” Project in Greece
We examined the data from 1,094 patients who received home healthcare (HHC) from an interdisciplinary team from the Hellenic Red Cross HHC services in three major cities in Greece during a 20-month period. The visits and interventions by nurses, physicians, and physiotherapists were grouped and measured. Patients were mostly older adults (80.73%), women (68.37%) with medical problems (46.8%). Nurses conducted 70.76% of the visits, and provided 21,017 interventions. Physiotherapists conducted 22.83% of the visits and 4,627 interventions, and physicians conducted 6.4% of the visits and 2,117 interventions. Nurses provided a ...
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - November 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Source Type: research
Program Evaluation of a Home Visiting Program: Perspectives of Home Visitors
The purpose of this program evaluation was to determine if home visitors at the Child Development Resources (CDR) home visiting program perceived themselves to have adequate knowledge and resources to support the goals of the program. In addition, we aimed to determine what home visitors found to be facilitators and barriers to a successful program. The project was conducted with a convenience sample of 18 home visitors and included the following instruments: (a) demographics survey, (b) CDR Home Visiting Program Survey, and (c) Breastfeeding Knowledge Questionnaire. Results suggest (a) most of the home visitors believed t...
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - November 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Source Type: research
Addressing Home Healthcare Staffing Challenges Through Geo-Intelligent Scheduling
Industries that face challenges in staffing and scheduling have successfully addressed these issues through the implementation of intraday staffing automation. Home healthcare, however, introduces an additional dimension: location—specifically, efficiently scheduling the appropriate healthcare worker based on their projected location at a given time with the location of a patient who needs care. Geo-Intelligent Scheduling has the potential to effectively address the unique staffing/scheduling challenges in home healthcare: the ability to get the right clinician to the right patient at the right location at the right time...
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - November 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Source Type: research
Moving FORWARD With Patient Experience and Employee Engagement
The author shares his philosophy for patient experience and employee engagement, using the acronym FORWARD: Find a better way; Offer a helping hand; Respect for all; Working as one; Assume positive intent; Raise the bar; and Do the right thing. Suggestions for actions to take for each of the seven values in FORWARD are provided. (Source: Home Healthcare Nurse)
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - November 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Source Type: research
Peripheral Vascular Disease
This article describes assessment of patients with PVD, risk factors, treatments, and patient education. (Source: Home Healthcare Nurse)
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - November 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature: CE Connection Source Type: research
The Good Old Days
No abstract available (Source: Home Healthcare Nurse)
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - November 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: EDITORIAL Source Type: research
SSRIs: An Update for Home Care Clinicians
No abstract available (Source: Home Healthcare Nurse)
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - September 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: CE Connection Source Type: research
