Homecare Journal of Nursing

Sending nursing home residents with dementia to inpatient psychiatric units - Improvement or Retrogression?

Sending nursing home residents with dementia to inpatient psychiatric units - Improvement or Retrogression?

Tags: elderly care homecare nursing assistant nursing care plan Psychiatry

Looks at the overuse of sending residents of longterm care settings with dementis to inpatient psychiatric units and the impact

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Unwitnessed Falls in the Nursing Home: Finding the root cause

Unwitnessed Falls in the Nursing Home: Finding the root cause

Tags: caregiver homecare Nurse Education safety

Understanding how effective post and pre-fall documentation can impact root cause analysis for unwitnessed falls in senior care settings

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The Role of Nurses in Home Health Care

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.

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Managing wounds in the home

Managing wounds in the home

Tags: home health care homecare wound care

A brief article on wound care by caregivers in the home.

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Culturally Competent Nursing in Homecare 

Culturally Competent Nursing in Homecare 

Tags: caregiver culture health care homecare nursing

Homecare nurses must be culturally aware in order to appropriately care for homecare patients. Culture plays a part in the care of all types of patients but it plays a more important role in homecare. The care is being completed in the home where the patient controls the care. The nurse has to assess the cultural background of the patient in order to implement an appropriate plan of care.

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