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When Facing Language Barriers, Having the Same Home Care Nurse Improves Outcomes

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Improving Outcomes in Home Care Research shows that home care patients who speak a language other than English are at a higher risk for readmission to the hospital. The patients spoke Spanish, Korean, Chinese, or Russian as their primary language.

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What Nurses Do For Us

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Nurses identify and protect the needs of the individual, whether that means they are educating the public about critical health issues or administering medicine as a part of in-home care or personalized elder care. The post What Nurses Do For Us appeared first on Freedom Home Care.

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On National AIDS and Aging Day, A Veteran Nurse Looks Back: How Nurses Can Transform the Lives of HIV/AIDS Patients Through Empathy

Daily Nurse

Those experiences helped shape the work we do today, as we strove to keep up with a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, provide empathetic care for all underserved communities, and develop new models of care that would provide safe, in-home care.

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These Nursing Associations Connect You to Fellow Pros and Valuable Resources

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The association also provides an award for implementing self-care activities. International Home Care Nurses Organization (IHCNO). Created in 2009, the IHCNO aims to support the nurses who provide care to patients who remain in their homes. Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN).

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