Home Care Nursing Practice is a practical text and reference that provides guidelines for nurses managing complex patient care in a home environment. It addresses the basic concepts of home care nursing, common clinical conditions found in the home, patient education, and life span coverage packaged in a comprehensive, consistent format.
PART I: CONCEPTS OF HOME CARE NURSING · Home Care Nursing Practice: Historical Perspectives and Philosophy of Care · Understanding Home Care: Applying Theory to Clinical Practice · The Role of the Home Care Nurse and Orientation Strategies · Caring for Families in the Home · Developing the Plan of Care and Documentation · Infection Control in the Home · Patient Education in the Home · Legal and Ethical Issues in Home Care · Case Management and Leadership Strategies for Home Care Nurses · Quality Patient Care · PART II: CLINICAL APPLICATION · The Patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease · The Patient with Congestive Heart Failure · The Ventilator-Dependent Patient · The Patient with Chronic Wounds · The Patient with Diabetes · The Patient with Bladder Dysfunction · The Patient Receiving Home Care Rehabilitation Services · The Patient Receiving Home Infusion Therapies · The Patient with Neurological Dysfunction · The Patient with AIDS · PART III: SPECIAL CLINICAL ISSUES AND COMMUNITY ISSUES · Maternal-Child Nursing: Postpartum Home Care · The Mental Health Patient · The Elderly Patient · The Hospice and Palliative Care Patient · Managing Environmental Threats in the Home · PART IV: FUTURE TRENDS · From Telehealth to Telecaring: Implications for Clinical Practice · Complementary Therapies and Home Care Nursing Practice · Epilogue: Reconsidering Caring in the Home, by Jean Watson, PhD · Appendix: Laboratory Values