Home Health Care Journal of Nursing
Yoga and the Benefits to Adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Tags: breathing copd home health care pulmonary disease yoga
A leading cause of decreased quality of life and debility due to diminished gas exchange, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) progresses slowly with no known cure. The overall effect on other systems and the emotional toll placed on these patients makes activities of daily living exceedingly impossible to manage. The purpose of this article is to conduct a review of the literature to determine the benefits derived from practicing yoga on one’s quality of life and pulmonary functions for those diagnosed with COPD with a special focus on the author’s current practice in home health. In addition The Yoga Sutra and Bhagavad Gita will be reviewed to offer a holistic approach to care.
Read More →
The Role of Nurses in Home Health Care
Tags: health care home health care homecare
The role of a Home health nurse is unique, exciting and sometimes very challenging. With the demand for a safe, cost-effective and quality health care by the consumers, the home health field is the future of health-care. Home health-care nurses make a significant impact and contribution to the health-care industry, the community, and to the lives of their patients and their families.
Read More →
Managing wounds in the home
Tags: home health care homecare wound care
A brief article on wound care by caregivers in the home.
Read More →
Funding Health Care as a Basic Human Right
Tags: health care Health Care Reform health care systems home health care human right Medicare
The United States of America is a nation known and heralded worldwide for its democracy, freedom, and wealth. Through our commerce, we have become a prosperous nation. Through our commonalities we stand united. Through our shared citizenship, we establish our community. Through our voices, we are heard. So why is it, our nation has been divided against the idea of health care being funded as a basic human right? U.S. Senator, Ted Kennedy, once said,
Read More →
Jobs: Supply and Demand for Registered Nurses
Tags: home health care job search nursing job nursing shortage
A nursing shortage across America is generating a variety of preventable complications in the medical care system, which includes medication errors, overcrowding in emergency rooms, and even unexpected patient deaths.
Read More →Get Published for Free
Browse by Tag
advocate aging anesthesia behavior cancer cardiac care Case Study child children clinical COVID-19 critical care death diabetes disease education emergency department end of life ethical principles ethical values ethics graduates health health care ICU medication mental health nurse Nurse Education nursing nursing ethics nursing faculty nursing school nursing students PACU patient care patient outcomes patient safety pediatric pediatrics poem risk factors stress student nurse students teaching therapy treatment violence
Most Popular Last Month
More from RN Journal
True Suffering In An ICU
A common link in the modifiable risk factors for severe COVID-19
Who Will Be Left to Care for You?
Legislature Ought to Increase Rewards up to 10 Million Dollars to Whistleblowers who Combat Medicare Fraud and Abuse
A Rise of Syphilis in Niagara County
Managing Type II Diabetes within the Hispanic Community
Implication of Foreign-Educated Nurses on United States Nursing Collegiality
Ethical Issues Raised When Parents Refuse Medical Treatment For their Ill Children
Relationships among the Elderly: The Effects on One’s Health and Psychosocial Well Being