Orientation To Home Care Nursing

"This text covers conceptual information, leadership skills and current issues and trends. It provides clear and concise information about the best practices and quality improvement for the most common clinical conditions seen in home care." --Cover.

Competency in Home Care doesn't just describe the standards of practice... it gives you the resources to meet them. it provides practical, authoritative guidance for: creating effective staff development plans, designing orientation programs that get caregivers up to speed immediately, establishing performance criteria for every position in the home care continuum, and ensuring ongoing competency. Plus you get powerful insights into the growth of modern home care, The role of competency programs in staff recruitment and retention, and how to get it done in any organization, regardless of background, makeup, or affiliation.

Intended for both financial and nonfinancial managers, this text covers six primary areas the author deems necessary for managers to incorporate into their decision-making processes: financial reporting, prospective and retrospective payment systems, cost accounting, management accounting, financial management, and strategic management. The author, a business and finance consultant, stresses the importance of teamwork in working toward an outcome management system that honors clients and coworkers, promotes innovation, and balances clinical and financial organizational requirements. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Manual of Home Care Nursing Orientation provides a sound, practical, easy-to-use tool for orientation of home health nurses and covers all aspects of home care nursing. Each chapter includes objectives, key concepts, and materials to encourage independent learning, problem solving, and application of learned material to independent practice that can be applied to individual agency polices and forms. This manual will enable home care agencies to have an orientation program that complies with Medicare regulations and Joint Commission accreditation standards. it includes an Instructor's guide to assist them in preparing and implementing an orientation program as well as program material. The manual is updated annually to address new developments in home health care.

Practical, easy-to-use guide for virtually every home health agency's orientation program. Home health agencies will find this handbook a current, consistent, convenient way to ensure that all new staff members receive and understand basic information. Presents the various regulatory and clinical information needed for effective care planning, evaluation, and reimbursement.

Here's the brand new third edition of the very popular Home Care Nursing Handbook -- considered by readers as a "beacon of excellence" in home care nursing. Now better than ever, this book that so many nurses have turned to for immediate, excellent advice, has been significantly expanded. It is reorganized for quicker access to expert guidance & devotes separate chapters to interventions for each impairment. Use this guide every day to assess situations quickly, develop efficient plans of care, provide accurate intervention strategies, document patient care quickly & precisely, promote quality patient outcomes--in the shortest number of contacts , & so much more. This book is a vital addition to critical pathways, point-of-care computer systems, & OASIS data collection.