Becoming an Expert Home Health Nurse

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 271-277
Author(s):  
Susan M. Hinck
Keyword(s):  
Home Health ◽  
Health Nurse

Patient Numeracy? Don’t Count on It

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
William N. Suter ◽  
Paula M. Suter
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Home Health ◽  
Math Skills ◽  
Home Health Nurses ◽  
Health Nurse ◽  
Important Health ◽  
Low Levels

Low levels of patient numeracy are pervasive, yet patients are expected to use basic math skills to maintain health, avoid ill health, and make important health decisions. This article summarizes what we know about best practices when communicating numeracy-based information to patients. We offer advice to home health nurses faced with challenges of caring for patients with low numeracy and who are responsible for their health and safety that require quantitative reasoning. Comprehending statistical data is difficult and counterintuitive for many people (and experts), and we offer examples of widely misunderstood formats of quantitative information but clarify them in ways that will benefit the practicing home health nurse. We conclude that patients need help understanding and using numbers while nurses need help explaining them.

Alzheimer??s Disease: The Roles of the Home Health Nurse and the Caregiver

1989 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esperanza V. Joyce ◽  
Kenn M. Kirksey
Keyword(s):  
Home Health ◽  
Health Nurse

Home Health Nurse Patient Care and Coordination Time

1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn E. Adams ◽  
Raechel Usher ◽  
Sandra Kramer
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Home Health ◽  
Health Nurse
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