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Home Healthcare Benefits for Nurses and Patients

Nurse.com

This increase in funds will allow nurses to easily transition from intense hospital environments to individualized home care settings. Since the onset of the pandemic, nurse to patient ratios have drastically increased to dangerous levels. This overload is just one of the many new challenges for nurses presented by the pandemic.

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Nurses with Disabilities: A Skilled Workforce

Minority Nurse

I was unsure if I would be an effective nurse,” she says. “ I shared my concerns with my mother, an ICU nurse at the VA then. Stutter/stammering has allowed me to actively listen to others, to be patient with others, to be present, and to be compassionate and empathetic toward the suffering of others. You truly are unique!

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Making the Transition from Facility Care to Home Health Care

Traditions Health

Patients turn to home health care for many reasons. Maybe they need help with specific therapy services or hands-on nursing skills, such as wound care. Or perhaps they feel socially isolated in a nursing home setting. But at home, you schedule your labs with your home health nurse, so they fit with your schedule.