Home health nursing is a specialty that focuses on caring for patients in their home setting and administering treatments that cannot be performed by the patient or their family members.
What do home health nurses do?
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Duties of home health nurses include:
- documenting vital signs
- completing a full physical assessment
- administering medications, including intravenous infusions
- drawing labs
- performing wound care and dressing changes
- assisting with activities of daily living (bathing, toileting) and mobility
These nurses monitor the patient’s progress, develop individualized patient care plans with input from interdisciplinary team members, evaluate home safety and provide education to patients and their family members.
More home health nursing resources
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- Nursing Pocket Cards, including incontinence
- Guideline Summaries, including palliative care
- Blog posts, with infographics, mnemonics, tips, and more
- Journal
- Articles and nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) activities
- Headlines and news stories
- Society partners