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Nursinghomes have had this, homehealth has had it as well, but maybe it didnt all have the same name. This was not thrust upon the community. It was what might have been considered as a first-line action that should occur to ensure quality of care. Its devoting resources to going after bad performers.
And I think just generally a feeling if you talk to your clinicians — especially in hospice, certainly in homehealth — they may mention live discharge rates. “Chris Gerard sees palliative care as really the linchpin of the businesses.
Have you ever heard a nurse pass judgment on a colleague and say that another nurse isn’t a “real nurse”? Have you noticed some nurses looking down on those who choose to be school nurses or work in homehealth, dialysis, assisted living, medical offices, or ambulatory surgery?
Entering the hospital or a nursinghome long-term poses both physical and mental risks. A research study found that approximately 20% of all nursinghome residents have major depression (about 350,000 people in the U.S.), This is a good time to consider a career in homehealthnursing.
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 homehealth, dialysis, or community health.
What this case clearly underscores is that no licensed nurse should leave patients without arranging for continued nursing care. This is a requirement if you work in an acute healthcare facility or a nursinghome. For example, if you work in homehealth care, you cannot simply stop your home visits.
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