Need experienced home health nurses input on this situation.
I think that when a home health aide gets a new patient they should at least know the patient's diagnosis. A person at one of my home care jobs feels that the HHA does not need to know what is wrong with the patient. My response is what if the person has a diagnosis such as:
seizure disorder
H/O previous MIs
H/O CVA or TIAs
H/O falls
bleeding problem
Osteoporosis
Swallowing diagnosis
I could go on and on with I think is a "scarey" thing to not tell someone caring for a patient as each one ties to precautions of signs you might be more observing of given a person's history.
I think the HHAs need to know this................
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
renerian