home health nursing
In-residence medical care
Home health nursing is professional nursing care provided in a patient's residence rather than in a hospital or clinic.
Home health nurses monitor chronic conditions, administer medications, change wound dressings, and educate patients and families on managing illness at home: After her hip replacement, home health nursing helped her recover without a lengthy hospital stay.
The field has expanded as healthcare shifts toward outpatient treatment and aging in place.
- caregiverOne providing daily assistance
- bedsideNear the mattress
- bedside mannerPhysician's interpersonal approach
- visitingGoing to see someone
- wound careTreatment of bodily injuries
wound dressing · IV · vital signs · vitals · elderly · homebound · hospice · end of life · medication · patient · care plan · wheelchair · blood pressure · recovery · compassion · aide · discharge · bathing
home health nursinginstitutional care
Professional supervision in facilities
hospital nursing · nursing home care · inpatient care · hospitalization · hospital admission
home health nursingintensive care
Specialized treatment for severe illness
acute care · emergency nursing · trauma care · critical care unit
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