Sepsis: A Review for Home Healthcare Clinicians
Sepsis is a life-threatening response to infection that affects over 1.7 million people annually in the United States. Although sepsis can strike healthy and active people of all ages, those at highest risk are older adults, infants, and people with chronic illnesses or an impaired immune system. Many people who had sepsis recover and resume life as it was before. However, others require some level of postdischarge home healthcare. Up to 60% of survivors, particularly of severe sepsis and septic shock, are left with cognitive and/or physical limitations. About one-third of all sepsis survivors and more than 40% of older su...
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - July 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature: CE Connection Source Type: research
Extraordinary Times
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - July 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: EDITORIAL Source Type: research
Older Adult Suicides: What You Should Know and What You Can Do
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: CE Connection Source Type: research
Celebrating Florence Nightingale's 200th Birthday
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: COMMENTARY Source Type: research
An Optimistic Look at the New Home Health Payment Model
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: VNAA'S VOICE Source Type: research
Improving the Patient Experience
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: CONSULT PRN Source Type: research
A Day in the Life of a Home Care Nurse Practitioner
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF... Source Type: research
Personal Protective Equipment Removal: Preventing Self-Contamination
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: INFECTION PREVENTION Source Type: research
Home Visiting Safety for Home Healthcare Clinicians
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: FOCUS ON SAFETY Source Type: research
Dangerous Abuse of a 40-Year-Old Over-the-Counter Medication, Loperamide
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: ISMP MEDICATION SAFETY Source Type: research
Benefits and Barriers of Activity Trackers Among Older Adults
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: FOCUS ON THERAPY Source Type: research
Aging in Place
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: FOCUS ON GERIATRICS Source Type: research
Inclusion and Quality of Life for Older Adults: Nurses Advocating for Policy Change
This article presents a policy submission, made by nurses enrolled in a graduate health policy course, to Canada's Standing Committee on Human Resources and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, for the Committee's report on Advancing Inclusion of and Quality of Life for Seniors (Canada, 2018). (Source: Home Healthcare Nurse)
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Source Type: research
Pain-Related Drug Use Among Older Adults With Activity Limiting Pain Who Received Home Care Services
This study, which used data collected between 2012 and 2014, examines the pain medications used by older adults with activity-limiting pain receiving home care physical therapy in a large metropolitan home care agency. Eighty-five percent of subjects took at least one analgesic medication on admission to home care, and of these, 51.3% were using an opioid, 33.1% used acetaminophen, and 23.2% used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). At the 60-day follow-up, the most common medication classes taken by participants included acetaminophen (38%), opioids (35.9%), and NSAIDs (31.6%). We found racial/ethnic differences...
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Source Type: research
Caregiver and Provider Experiences of Home Healthcare Quality for Children With Medical Complexity
This study provides a new conceptual framework representing the relationship between home healthcare quality and outcomes for children with medical complexity for future evaluations of quality improvement, research, and policy initiatives. (Source: Home Healthcare Nurse)
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Source Type: research
