"The purpose of home health care is to provide the support, treatment, and information that caregivers and patients need to successfully manage their healthcare needs at home. The home health nurse's role is that of facilitator of home independence through patient education, patient advocacy, and case management." (Robyn Rice)
I regret that I have not been active in homecare for the last year. I am now working as a quality management consultant in an insurance company.
Therefore, I felt I needed to remove my e-mail links, since I am
no longer a good resource to answer questions.
I do encourage you to visit the homecare nursing forum at www.allnurses.com, where will will find help and support. Best wishes to all who visit. I hope you find the information useful, though it may be dated by the time you read it.
To discover more about home health nursing, read about it here, then, if you are interested, call your local home health agency and ask to go on a "ride-along" to learn more. You will be assigned to a nurse to make a visit or two, to get a feel of what it is like to be a home health nurse. Check out this article on home health nursing!
Connect with other Home Health Nurses in the Home Health Nursing Forum at allnurses.com .
Hope to see you there.
To be a nurse requires dedication, with years of study and preparation.
I pray for guidance and humbly ask, that I will do well with this chosen task.
When illness strikes or pain demands, and a life is placed within my hands,
Give me compassion, knowledge, and skill to do the things that comfort and heal.
Suffering makes patients fear grow worse, and they seek reassurance from their nurse.
Help me to see things from their point of view, and always know what is best to do.
May I have a part, in some small way, in restoring good health to someone today.
Let my work be all I want it to be - I ask great healer to work through me.
Author Unknown Taken from the inspirational site CareNurse.com
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U.S Department of Health and Human Services. Public Health Info
State of NJ Dept. of Health and Senior Services. Patient Ed & Census info here.
National Institutes of Health. Best practice guides available on-line.
Centers for Disease Control Epidemiology & Disease transmission info
Agency for Healthcare Policy and Quality. Lastest in evidence-based practice.
Nurses Book Society. Great prices for members.
The Nursing Center. CEU's on-line here. Read articles from Home Healthcare Nurse magazine here.
Resources for Nurses and Families. More nursing links.
Selected Nursing Links
World Wide Wounds. Everything you would want to know about wound care.
Wound Care Net. Another great wound care site.
The Nurse Zone Another great site for the latest nursing info.
Martindales Site. Everything you need to research a topic!
NEW!! House Calls This excellent site is designed as a resource for expereinced home health nurses. Oasis tips, V-Codes, and MORE!! Be sure to check out her links and resources pages.
NJ State Nursing Association. A great site for NJ Nurses.
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
American Association of Critical Care Nurses. Much to offer at this site, for all nurses.
Case Management Society of America
Inspirations Pages