Using a Mechanical Lift at Home: Preparing family caregivers to use lifts for transfers.
This article is part of a series, Supporting Family Caregivers: No Longer Home Alone, published in collaboration with the AARP Public Policy Institute. Results of focus groups, conducted as part of the AARP Public Policy Institute's No Longer Home Alone video project, supported evidence that family caregivers aren't given the information they need to manage the complex care regimens of family members. This series of articles and accompanying videos aims to help nurses provide caregivers with the tools they need to manage their family member's health care at home. Nurses should read the articles first, so they understand ho...
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - July 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature: NCPD Connection Source Type: research
Home Oxygen Therapy: Assisting and educating caregivers and those receiving supplemental oxygen.
This article is part of a series, Supporting Family Caregivers: No Longer Home Alone, published in collaboration with the AARP Public Policy Institute. Results of focus groups, conducted as part of the AARP Public Policy Institute's No Longer Home Alone video project, supported evidence that family caregivers aren't given the information they need to manage the complex care regimens of family members. This series of articles and accompanying videos aims to help nurses provide caregivers with the tools they need to manage their family member's health care at home. Nurses should read the articles first, so they understand ho...
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - July 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature: NCPD Connection Source Type: research
Moral Distress
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - July 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: EDITORIAL Source Type: research
Teaching Family Caregivers to Assist Safely with Mobility
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: NCPD Connection Source Type: research
Preventing Falls and Fall-Related Injuries at Home
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: NCPD Connection Source Type: research
Revisiting Care Plans to include Home Health Aides
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: COMMENTARY Source Type: research
Continuing Education
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: CONSULT PRN Source Type: research
A Day in the Life of a Hospice Nurse
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF... Source Type: research
Home Nursing Development in Hong Kong
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: IHCNO Source Type: research
Inability to Weigh Patients During Telehealth Encounters
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: ISMP MEDICATION SAFETY Source Type: research
The Short Physical Performance Battery as a Predictor of Functional Decline
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: FOCUS ON THERAPY Source Type: research
Consequences of COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies for Older Adults
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Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: FOCUS ON GERIATRICS Source Type: research
Assessment and Management Tools for Advancing Disease
As the population of the United States has aged, the number of home care patients with multiple chronic diseases has also increased. A review of the literature suggested that layering palliative care principles on traditional home healthcare could improve outcomes for patients with advancing disease. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to educate home care staff on the use of assessment and management tools to identify symptoms and provide symptom control, prevent unnecessary hospitalizations, and reduce healthcare costs in patients with advancing disease. This project took place at eight offices of a natio...
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Source Type: research
Making Time and Being Present: Spiritual Care Revisited
This article provides a conceptual overview and strategies for application of spiritual care competencies. (Source: Home Healthcare Nurse)
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Source Type: research
A Theoretical Framework of Home-Based Professional Nursing Practice
The purpose of this article is to introduce a descriptive middle-range theoretical framework unique to professional nursing practice provided in the patient's home. The variety of care models provided in the home, ranging from nonskilled home maintenance service to hospital-at-home programs, reinforces the need to clearly define and describe home-based professional nursing practice. This framework includes six concepts (primacy of home, patient authority, patient self-management, caregivers as collaborators, interprofessional clinical team collaboration, nurse autonomy), and four relational statements of the concepts that ...
Source: Home Healthcare Nurse - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Source Type: research
