Home healthcare nurse
The most recent articles from:
Home Healthc Nurse
-
A patient's record is a repository of personal data, the plan of care, and documentation of assessment and treatment. The record review process can facilitate a clinician's understanding about documentation standards and requirements as well as help to maintain a state-of-audit readiness of the record for regulatory and accrediting surveys.
-
Home healthcare nurse · Jun 2006
Review Case ReportsPain assessment and management in the patient with mild to moderate cognitive impairment.
The gold standard for pain screening and assessment is the patient report. Research shows that many patients with mild to moderate cognitive impairment retain the ability to report pain. All patients should be given the opportunity to self-report their pain using valid and reliable tools.