Add to ORKGHome health nurse malpractice litigation and judgments are increasing. The legal and home health practice environments are evolving in streams of tumultuous change. The legal view of nurse practice lags behind the realities of nurse practice. Evidence-based practice is evolving and becoming the expected standard of practice. This article summarizes the current home health mal-practice trends and identifies current factors affecting change in both the legal and home health environments. Strategies and resources to reduce nurse malpractice risk in home care are discussed. Patient quality of care and safety have receivedincreasing scrutiny in recent years. Althoughmalpractice claims in home care remain low when compared to acute and long-term ...
This article briefly describes the mandate for evidence-based practice in social work, the basic pri...
The role of home nurses as providers of health care has changed and will continue to change. To guid...
Quality, cost, and patient access are critical to a home health care agency’s success in a competi-t...
Personal injury claims arising from wound care in the home are a frequent source of frustration for ...
This article describes components of a qualitative research study that investigated the process of h...
SHARING INSIGHT from one practice area to another may help to improve patient outcomes and decrease ...
An efficient and effective risk management program is an essential component for home health care ag...
This article examines the comparability of nursing homes and home health care with respect to the qu...
The current challenges affecting home care make the environment ripe for the development of new mode...
Nurse practitioners are playing an increasingly visible role in home care. The Institute of Medicine...
The primary goals of home health care nursing and rehabilitation nursing are strikingly similar. Reh...
An ongoing concern about medical malpractice litigation is that it may induce provider exit, potenti...
BACKGROUND: Patient safety and adverse events in primary care are receiving increasing attention fro...
Factors influencing the remarkable growth of home health care include increased elderly population, ...
The purpose of the study was to validate and refine the Neal Theory of Home Health Nursing Practice....
This article briefly describes the mandate for evidence-based practice in social work, the basic pri...
The role of home nurses as providers of health care has changed and will continue to change. To guid...
Quality, cost, and patient access are critical to a home health care agency’s success in a competi-t...
Personal injury claims arising from wound care in the home are a frequent source of frustration for ...
This article describes components of a qualitative research study that investigated the process of h...
SHARING INSIGHT from one practice area to another may help to improve patient outcomes and decrease ...
An efficient and effective risk management program is an essential component for home health care ag...
This article examines the comparability of nursing homes and home health care with respect to the qu...
The current challenges affecting home care make the environment ripe for the development of new mode...
Nurse practitioners are playing an increasingly visible role in home care. The Institute of Medicine...
The primary goals of home health care nursing and rehabilitation nursing are strikingly similar. Reh...
An ongoing concern about medical malpractice litigation is that it may induce provider exit, potenti...
BACKGROUND: Patient safety and adverse events in primary care are receiving increasing attention fro...
Factors influencing the remarkable growth of home health care include increased elderly population, ...
The purpose of the study was to validate and refine the Neal Theory of Home Health Nursing Practice....
This article briefly describes the mandate for evidence-based practice in social work, the basic pri...
The role of home nurses as providers of health care has changed and will continue to change. To guid...
Quality, cost, and patient access are critical to a home health care agency’s success in a competi-t...