Home Care Case Study

Reflecting back, it was interesting day. All of the people were very nice that I had an encounter with, but I had to deal with a constant smell of smoke. Even if they weren’t smoking in the building, there were so many employees that did smoke you could smell it in there. This was also constant in the houses we were visiting so I ended up leaving with a headache unfortunately. I think that’s where my golden nugget comes into play though. Even though, you might not agree with how they live their lives, it’s still your duty as their nurse to take care of them.
1. Identify the purpose and functions of the agency. Tennessee Quality homecare provide nurse care in the home setting. They offer care whether you are suffering a short-term illness or disability, or need more advanced care for a long period of time. They care all the way from newborns to seniors, seeing mostly seniors though.
2. Identify the implications of Health People 2020 for the aggregate served. An objection by Healthy People 2020 is “OA-11 Reduce the rate of emergency department (ED) visits due to falls among older adults”. Jake stated that, along with their assessment safety is a huge part of their job, and even though they’re not there are all the time they still
When she first began home health nursing she wasn’t really sure what to do so she said yes. They had her on a chair dusting and doing other housework. It was very demining and it got to a point to where it was getting in the way of taking care of the patient. She eventually talked to the patient and explained, that was not was she was there. Assessing is always going to be a legal issue but probably more in the med-surg area. Those patients are usually in the worse shape and need much more care. Home health nurses are still held to the same standard