Typical Illnesses seen in Peds Home Health?

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Hello all,

I am a school nurse (right out of BSN school) and I am taking a job PRN in peds home health. I am taking my skills test next week and I was curious - what are some typical peds illnesses I will be seeing in home health patients? Thanks.

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Specializes in Pedi.

Will you be doing skilled intermittent visits or private duty? You'll see a different population of patients depending on which type of home health you will be working in.

My skilled intermittent visit caseload is primarily oncology kids. I also get infants with various congenital anomalies and a few kids who wouldn't need nursing if their parents had the ability to provide the basic care they need (weekly injections).

Children who require private duty nursing will be more complicated- trachs, chronic vents, kids requiring TPN, severe delays/disabilities, etc.

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Specializes in Peds(PICU, NICU float), PDN, ICU.

If this is private duty and not home health, there is an entire conversation on it on the PDN forum. We see trachs, vents, tpn, feeding tubes, etc for all sorts of illnesses and injuries.

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Yes it is Private Duty Nursing. So as far as illnesses go, what type of cases do you most likey see? CP? Seizures? Hydroceph?

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Specializes in Peds(PICU, NICU float), PDN, ICU.
https://allnurses.com/private-duty-nursing/diagnoses-youve-seen-856916.html
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