HOME HEALTHCARE TENCY THOMAS AMERICAN SENTINEL UNIVERSITY HOME HEALTHCARE Home health care helps seniors live independently for as long as possible‚ given the limits of their medical condition. It covers a wide range of services and can often delay the need for long-term nursing home care. More specifically‚ home health care may include occupational and physical therapy‚ speech therapy‚ and even skilled nursing. It may involve helping the elderly with activities of daily living such as bathing‚
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Hospice in the Home and Home Health Care If an individual was recovering from an illness and needed continued support at home‚ what type of care would be needed? Home Health Care (HHC) focuses on patient rehabilitation and traditional medical management. With HHC‚ the patient‚ family‚ or friends are educated and trained how to care for the patient at home with anticipation of recovery. Hospice focuses on the quality of life and patient comfort. Hospice care is meant for the time when treatment can
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Introduction Home Health Aides(HHA) are healthcare professionals‚ who visit the homes of the ill‚ disabled‚ elderly‚ socially disadvantaged who are unable to perform basic tasks and so HHAs provide a wide spectrum of personal and home making assistance. The people who receive care usually need help with basic daily tasks such as meal preparation‚ medication reminders‚ laundry‚ light housekeeping‚ errands‚ shopping‚ transportation‚ and companionship (Wikipedia‚ 2007). There are several different
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Nursing is one of the most influential disciplines in medicine. [1] The current agenda among many nursing advocates is to promote a uniform scope of practice code. By encouraging all state boards to adopt the Consensus Model for APRN Regulation‚ the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) hopes to increase health care quality among underserved populations. While sticking points vary among state legislatures‚ the following nine laws and regulations exemplify a few of the issues in question
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demand‚ e.g. if the need for a particular position is great‚ wages will rise in order to attract more workers to this field. Interestingly‚ for nurses this has not been the case. An analysis of this situation found in a report entitled "Solving the Nursing Shortage through Higher Wages" indicates: • Over the late 1990s and into 2000‚ nurses’ pay did not increase at all‚ although some hospitals had already begun worrying about a nurse shortage in 1997. • When wages finally began to rise‚ nurses responded
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pursue nursing as a profession. My first job in a hospital setting was at Central Mississippi Medical Center‚ formerly named Methodist Medical Center. I demonstrated my commitment in pursuing nursing by accepting a position that required me to work a schedule from 5am-10am. After working my shift‚ I prepared for classes that were scheduled continuously. Biology was chosen as my major and it was my plan to continue on to the University of Mississippi Medical Center to obtain my nursing license
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Nursing Structure vs. General Acute Care The difference between the structure of a nursing home facility and a general acute care hospital Tracy Kennedy HCM 610-1205B-01 American InterContinental University Unit 3 DB The nursing structure that exists within a nursing home facility and a general acute care hospital is different due to the skills and professional staff that are required to treat patients. These differences are necessary because of the type of illness or injuries that a patient
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Role of Home Health Nurse St Clair College 0689028 NRS63171-16F Professor Gina Bondy & Debbie Ferraari October 31‚ 2016 Page Break Home health nursing is an independent form of nursing. It allows patients to maintain living in their home while a nurse comes by and assists them. It is defined as " the provision of healthcare services and equipment’s to client’s and families in the homes" (Potter & Perry‚ 2014). The purpose of this paper is to gather an insight on the role of a home health
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Home Health Paper Assignment The topics discussed in this paper are an overview of the basic foundations of home health. Home health nursing is a unique field that requires an understanding of certain nursing procedures and the ability to coordinate the services available to the patient while effectively providing the greatest amount of care possible at minimal cost. Difference between Home Health and Traditional Hospital Nursing The obvious difference between traditional hospital nursing and
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In-home Care In-home care is more convenient for the elderly‚ so they can continue to live at home and have the care givers come to them. There are many different companies that will provide the in-home care. It is an alternative that is‚ more cost effective then nursing homes. Many have elderly family members‚ who are unable to take care of themselves. The toughest choice is trying to decide who is going to provide the care they need. According to the article “Public Policies Should Help the
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