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How Workplace Violence Impacts Home Health Nurses

Nurse.com

As the demand for home healthcare grows, so does the risk of workplace violence for home health nurses. . Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that home healthcare is one of America’s fastest-growing industries, with a projected compound annual growth rate of 5% for 2014–2024, which equals approximately 760,400 new jobs.

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Leading Nursing Trends for 2023

Nurse.com

The travel nursing industry thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic, as nurses were leaving the bedside due to the stress and difficulties they faced. Although the market for travel nurses has cooled somewhat with the decrease in hospitalizations, travel nurses will continue to be a needed resource.

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Home Healthcare Benefits for Nurses and Patients

Nurse.com

Nurses working in the home healthcare can more easily see the fruits of their labor. Patients are able to demonstrate their progress by completing daily, household tasks all thanks to the hard work and dedication of their home health nurse. Home Healthcare Benefits for Patients. contact hours).

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On National AIDS and Aging Day, A Veteran Nurse Looks Back: How Nurses Can Transform the Lives of HIV/AIDS Patients Through Empathy

Daily Nurse

At the nonprofit VNS Health , where I worked, our home health nurses were not ones to turn their backs on the communities we served and lived in. There was a great deal of misunderstanding and spreading of harmful misinformation about what HIV/AIDS was.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Esther Conteh

Minority Nurse

After working as an aide, I went on to train and become a nurse and graduated as an Advanced Practice Nurse (APRN) from NYU. I was eager to build my skills in home health nursing. As the aging adult population grows, so will the need for skilled home care nurses and caregivers.

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Afraid to Leave Hospital Nursing? 

Daily Nurse

When we’re in nursing school , it often seems that hospital nursing is the only type of nursing that anyone cares or talks about. Since hospital rotations are what most of us are after, a large number of nursing students probably groan and gripe about a rotation in home health, dialysis, or community health.

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Ep.6: The State of Training in 2022

Home Care Pulse

So, um, really enjoyed being a visiting home health nurse for years. And then I transitioned to clinical education first at the local level, and then at, at a corporate level for a, uh, national, uh, home health company. Linda Leekley ( 00:02:07 ): So, why start my own business? I’ll give you an example.

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