The focus of the practice is predominantly on the care of individuals, in collaboration with the family and designated caregivers. The philosophical orientation of home care is directed toward the promotion of self-care activities, and positive patient outcomes as determined by standardized criteria. In addition to skills required of all critical care nurses, the high-tech home care nurse must also be able to manage a caseload of patients from admission to discharge from home care service, and must be able to coordinate community resources to achieve optimum standards of care.
Read about the common home services nurses provide.
Home care nursing requires complex critical decision-making ability that must be implemented by the nurse, an advanced level of nursing skills, time management considerations, and the coordination of urgent care services. Read the home care nursing skill set required of the home care nurse.
Read the example of a typical day in the life of one home care nurse. You'll learn about home care daily visits.
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