Home healthcare nurse
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Hospice services are under utilized for a variety of reasons, even though such services are efficacious not only for the dying patient, but also for the family. Home healthcare nurses are well placed to encourage hospice-appropriate clients to accept hospice care. The nature and advantages of hospice care are described, and obstacles to its acceptance are identified. Case studies illustrate why, when, and how to initiate hospice care, and strategies are outlined to help home healthcare nurses to promote the timely use of hospice care.
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Elderly caregivers of the homebound chronically ill experience many burdens. This article describes the use of humor by elderly caregivers as a method to ease the burden of their work. Home care nurses can incorporate humor as an intervention to help these elderly caregivers.
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Home healthcare nurse · Sep 1993
Comparative Study Historical ArticleHome health/public health/visiting nurse returning to our past: a comparison of public health nursing at the turn of the century.
The basic ingredients that made early home care a cornerstone in American healthcare are still the foundations for home health/visiting nurse/public health in the 1990s. Once overshadowed by the centralization of patient care in the hospital, home care has stepped into the place of cooperative healthcare with the hospital. This article highlights that cooperation and those basic ingredients.
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Today we have the necessary cancer pain-relieving agents. These medications can safely be administered orally and in the patient's home. ⋯ As nurses in home healthcare, we can impact the statement that 25% of all cancer patients die without pain relief. It is our mission to integrate all that is known about pain management into a holistic practice that will provide the patient with the opportunity for a dignified and comfortable transition from this life.