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Overview:
Home health nurses provide episodic or continuous care in
the patient's place of residence for people of all ages and
varied diagnoses. Care may include providing patient and family
education, monitoring technical interventions, coordinating
referrals, and handling other interventions to restore or
maintain patients' physical or psychosocial well-being. Nurses
may supervise home health aides.
Typical
venues: patient's place of residence
Education:
active RN licensure
Certification
available: certification offered through:
American
Nurses Credentialing Center
600 Maryland Ave., SW, Suite 100 West
Washington, D.C. 20024-2571
(800) 284-2378
General
certification information, including links to FAQs
Specific
information about home health specialty certification
Job
outlook: Nursing as a whole will be one of the top 10
fastest growing professions in the Unites States in the next
decade, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Home
health employment is expected to grow particularly rapidly
because of the aging of the population and improved technology,
allowing more complex procedures to be performed in homes.
Opportunities:
autonomy; treating patients in their usual living environment;
conducive to easily including family or caregiver in patient's
treatment
Challenges:
not as easy to confer with colleagues; traveling between patients;
need to transport equipment and supplies
For
More Information:
National
Association for Home Care
228 7th St., SE
Washington, D.C. 20003
(202) 547-7424
Fax (202) 547-3540
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