After completing this course you’ll be able to:
| 1. | Discuss the history of home health nursing in the United States. |
| 2. | Discuss the role of Medicare in home health care. |
| 3. | Describe the diverse patient population of the home health nurse. |
| 4. | State the goal of home health nursing. |
| 5. | Define home health nursing. |
| 6. | List distinguishing characteristics of home health nursing. |
| 7. | Describe how home health nursing differs from other nursing specialties. |
| 8. | Discuss the five assessments. |
| 9. | List the SMART goals. |
| 10. | Describe the planning phase of the care plan, |
| 11. | Discuss the role of the LPN/LVN in the implementation phase. |
| 12. | List the minimum qualifications for a registered nurse practicing in home health. |
| 13. | Describe the role of the advanced practice registered nurse, clinical nurse specialist, and nurse practitioner. |
| 14. | Describe the role of the case manager. |
| 15. | Discuss patient advocacy. |
| 16. | Describe the role of the home health nurse administrator. |
| 17. | Compare the role of the clinical manager and the quality and performance improvement nurse. |
| 18. | Compare the role of the clinical educator and informatics liaison nurse. |
| 19. | Describe the Magnet and Pathway Standards. |
| 20. | List the nine provisions of the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretative Statements. |
| 21. | Discuss the research of Dwyer et al., 2013. |
| 22. | Discuss the four research programs that reflect best practices in home health. |
| 23. | Describe telemonitoring. |
| 24. | Compare the electronic health record and electronic personal health record. |
| 25. | List projected trends in financing and reimbursement for home health care. |
| 26. | Describe the assessment phase. |
| 27. | Discuss the diagnosis standard. |
| 28. | List several competencies of the home health registered nurse when identifying out - comes. |
| 29. | Describe the planning phase. |
| 30. | List several measures the home health nurse implements in the plan of care. |
| 31. | Compare the competencies of the home health registered nurse and the advanced practice nurse in coordination of care. |
| 32. | Describe the role of the advanced practice nurse in health teaching and health promotion. |
| 33. | Discuss the role of the advanced practice registered nurse when providing consultation. |
| 34. | State the role of the home health registered nurse in the evaluation phase. |
| 35. | Discuss the role of the home health nurse when practicing ethically. |
| 36. | State several competencies of the home health registered nurse regarding education. |
| 37. | Discuss methods of sharing research findings. |
| 38. | Describe competencies of the home health registered nurse to maintain quality of practice. |
| 39. | State methods the advanced practice registered uses to maintain quality of practice. |
| 40. | List communication skills used by the home health registered nurse that promote behavior change in patients. |
| 41. | Discuss ways a home health registered nurse demonstrates leadership with nursing students. |
| 42. | State the leadership role of the advanced practice registered nurse. |
| 43. | Discuss collaborative techniques used by the home health registered nurse. |
| 44. | List collaborative efforts by the advanced practice registered nurse. |
| 45. | State methods the home health registered nurse can use to evaluate one's own nursing practice. |
| 46. | Describe utilization resource methods the home health registered nurse can best implement. |
| 47. | Describe methods by which the home health nurse can practice in an environmentally safe manner. |
| 48. | List methods by which the advanced practice registered nurse can create an environmentally safe practice. |