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When Facing Language Barriers, Having the Same Home Care Nurse Improves Outcomes

Daily Nurse

After a hospitalization, home healthcare enables patients to recover where they feel most comfortable: in their homes. Nurses visit patients to provide care to keep them at home, given that hospital readmissions cost the U.S. healthcare system more than $41 billion each year.

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Caring for Medically Complex Children Takes a Village

Nurse.com

Nurses have integral roles in emerging healthcare models aimed at meeting the needs of a growing population of medically complex children. And while children with medical complexity represent only a small percentage of the pediatric population overall, they account for the lion’s share of pediatric healthcare spending. “As

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Nursing Without the Burnout: Flexible Career Paths for Lower Stress

Daily Nurse

Between shifting and demanding hours, the emotional toll, and the notorious physical strain, nurse well-being, and patient care suffer. In recent years, several new fields have arisen to give nurses lower-stress career options: home healthcare, telehealth, and continuing education for future nurses.

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Hospice Care versus Home Health Care

Shining Light Hospice

Frequency of healthcare visits are determined by several factors such as patient diagnoses, symptoms, and response to treatments and medications. What Does Home Health Include? Home Healthcare workers whether nurses, aides, or therapists come to the patient’s home to provide care.