home health nurse

How to Adjust Life at Home: Modified Texture Diets

By Nicole / January 14, 2019

With some medical conditions, the speech therapist or medical provider may prescribe a modified textured diet when someone has difficulty swallowing food. This may result from an injury, worsening illness, or a stroke. Many times when patients are required to modify the texture of the diet it is to make the foods easier to swallow…

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The Role of the LPN in Home Health

By Nicole / August 30, 2018

The licensed practical nurse (LPN) is an important part of the interdisciplinary team in the home healthcare setting. The LPN serves in a direct patient care role, interacting with and caring for the patient directly. If you are an LPN searching for a meaningful career, in-home care may be the right calling for you. If…

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Skilled Nursing For Post-Operative Care

By Nicole / June 27, 2018

Skilled nursing is needed to aid recovery period following major surgery, wound, accident or operation demands excessive care and nourishment. As the body strives to return back to normal, it needs adequate care, support, exercise, and moral strength. Slowly and steadily, as the patient makes efforts to resume his/her routine, efficient recovery can ensure effective…

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When Skilled Nursing is The Answer

By Nicole / June 10, 2018

  Skilled nursing is caring. It is nurturing our loved ones with adequate support, assistance and affection to recover from a medical condition. Following chronic illness or a major injury, skilled nursing appears to be the viable option for the process of recovery. Though the medical challenge may have been resolved from the doctors’ end, it…

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Everything We Should Know About Home Health Care

By Nicole / May 22, 2018

Home health care, it would be an understatement to say ‘Health is wealth’.  After all, health is the foundation that supports our life through various stages. While childhood and adulthood bless us with memorable experiences in the pink of health; old age is an otherwise sensitive time. Taking care of our senior adults with respect…

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A Day in the Life of a Home Health Nurse

By Nicole / March 20, 2018

Being a home health nurse is a career for those who are self-driven, devoted, flexible, and able to work without little to no oversight. The day of a home health nurse is full of autonomy and flexibility, which is what makes it some nurses’ dream and other nurses’ nightmare — those who enjoy structure and…

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