Psychiatric Home Care

Nursing interventions in the home include assessment, teaching, medication management, administration of parenteral injections, venipuncture for laboratory analysis, and skilled management of the care plan. All these interventions are recognized as reimbursable skilled nursing services by Medicare. Psychiatric home care nurses provide many other skilled nursing services. They act as case mangers, coordinating an array of services, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, social work, and community services, such as home-delivered meals, home visitors, and home health aides. They collaborate with all the patient's health care providers and often facilitate communication among members of the multidisciplinary team (Stuart, 2008).

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