Since I’ve been a Home Care Nurse now for 13 years, I thought I would do a top 5 list of why you should consider Home Health Care.
Just like any other nursing specialty it has it’s up and downs but for the most part I still love it after all these years. Starting with the least and ending with the best… Here’s my top 5 list of why you should be a Home Care Nurse.
An Independent Nurse or sometimes called RN Contractor is a nurse who is paid a flat rate for a service she or he provides. This nurse is not an employee of the company, hospital or office she may be preforming her services in. She is responsible for paying her own taxes on the income she makes and also is responsible for her own medical insurance.
Nurse Life Care Planning is an emerging field and is a specialized subset of case management that deals with catastrophic injury, personal injury, and chronic illness. It is a systematic method of identifying and quantifying the many needs of an individual, including surgeries, therapies, medicines, assisted devices, home modifications, estimated costs etc. You need to be able to project future medical and non-medical needs.
A Holistic nurse will focus on wellness, healing and illness prevention from a spiritual and natural way. As a Holistic nurse you must have a commitment to the Holistic philosophy and an openness to go beyond traditional medicine and health care.
What is Telehealth or Telephone Triage nursing? This is a service that nurses provides to a client or patient, assessing their needs by phone and determining if emergency care is needed. The Telehealth nurse interviews and assesses the condition of the patient/client to determine the appropriate intervention.