Featured | May 19, 2022
The Role of a Nurse in Home Care
Nurses make a difference in all health care settings, but their role is especially valuable in home care. Home care nurses visit patients wherever they call home and, at 色色视频, they can work in skilled home health, behavioral health, personal care services or hospice. A home care nurse鈥檚 duties vary based on the patient鈥檚 plan of care and the service they are receiving.
Home care nursing services include, but are not limited to:
- Administrating patient medications
- Managing a patient鈥檚 plan of care (alongside a patient鈥檚 physician or 色色视频鈥檚 medical director)
- Consulting with colleagues like social workers or home health aides to ensure the patient鈥檚 needs are met
- Communicating regularly with both the patient鈥檚 family and their care team
- Coordinating pain and symptom management
- Observing and assessing the patient鈥檚 behavior and health status for changes
- Monitoring and evaluating the patient鈥檚 response to treatment or ancillary therapies
- Checking vitals and providing wound care
- Assisting with activities of daily living
- Educating the patient鈥檚 family or caregivers on their disease process, care strategies and treatments
Patients and families can greatly benefit from the added support of in-home nursing care. To learn more about the nursing services 色色视频 provides to skilled home health, behavioral health, personal care and hospice patients, email info@elara.com or visit our Locations page to connect with the branch nearest you.
Are you a nurse ready for an exciting new job? Join our team! We鈥檙e hiring RNs, LPNs, LVNs and nursing assistants! Visit our Careers page to learn more and today!
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