Topics About 'Home Health Nursing'.

It was shortly after labor day when I walked into the emergency room to see a client who had been found unresponsive and rushed to the hospital. I walked to the front desk, identified myself, and requested to see him. The woman behind the desk smiled...

My nursing journey has been quite an interesting one; in a matter of 2 years post-graduation, I managed to work in a hospital, in a school, in home care and shortly I will be a travel nurse. How did I do it? Long story, but thanks be to God. What I w...

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Disaster can strike suddenly and without warning. It can force an elderly person to hurriedly evacuate the familiar surroundings of his neighborhood or confine an elder to his home in almost total isolation for days, if not weeks. Disasters are sudde...

Accidents are the ninth leading cause of injury-related deaths among the older population. Older women have a higher rate of injuries than any adult female age group. Seniors aged 85 years and older have the highest death rate of all from injuries an...

'Elderizing' a home means making the necessary modifications to safeguard the elderly occupants, particularly in reducing risk for falls. Extensive renovations may be required to accommodate physical changes or medical conditions (such as hearing los...

Nowadays it is not uncommon to see students who work or volunteer while in nursing school and nurses in practice who have more than one job or have returned to school to further their education. When trying to wear so many different hats, we are boun...

"He's had a few close calls this past week," I was told has I prepared to visit this man who lived out in the mountains. "He's a crotchety fella and not too keen to go to the E.D. so do what you can if anything goes wrong." "Great," I thought, "This ...

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Home health is an area of nursing that is primarily focused on caring for patients in their home. Nurses in this area make intermittent visits to the patient's home and sometimes in assisted living facilities seeing individuals there. The focus is to...

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The little baby is extra active tonight. Previously, he had been asleep as she began her shift. As she arrives, she notices he has just been freshly bathed by his mom who is leaving for what seems like a girls night out. According to his dad, his ext...

I have worked as a private duty home health nurse for almost three years in this is the only area of nursing I have been employed in. In my current position, I work with the same pediatric client on a daily basis in their home, assisting with ADLs, p...

I am an RN, have been for 10 years. Almost 8 of those 10 years I have been in Home Health. The longer I worked as an RN the more I realized that hospitals, clinics, and home health care agencies were all still businesses where the dollar was all that...

I turned around towards the backseat of my Volkswagen. "Now where is that stick?", I asked myself, hunting under raincoats, gym clothes, and my school bookbag. Having located my needed piece of equipment, I turned back around in the driver's seat. Ta...