What Is a Home Health Nurse? And What Do They Do?

I’m over twice your age and I didn’t know half that info. Well done!

Nope. I am a home health case manager and none of this pertains to my job. I do more skills and provide more education in this job, learn constantly, and help my patients better than sometimes I believe we could do in a hospital.

This was really helpful. I'm looking to try to become an LPN or RN, but I'm a little nervous because I really struggle with studying/math. Both of my parents have passed, and I never thought about home health/hospice etc until my mom passed last year. There's so many different forms of nursing; it's motivating

Very thourough, informative video

Thanks for the info. I've recently started and I love it. Took awhile to learn all the protocols and documentations but once it click it clicks. Another hurdle was being independent in scheduling and routing but I found a cool app for home health workers called Zigbuddy and that made keeping track of appts, doing my schedule and routing so much easier. When it comes to companies to work for it was hard finding one with great benefits though. Lot of 1099 work out there.

Iam a nurse.may I get a job in us like a care taker in home

This was a pretty good in-depth video and you’re a good speaker, surprised you don’t have more followers, I think you should keep making videos 👍🏻 take care!

Can you give me advice on being a LPN in home health is it different for a RN or same in Hospitals, Nursing Homes, & or Home health..?

Thank you for this. I am getting back into home health care nursing and kind of needed a refresher about what to expect again

Good job 👍👍👌👌💐💐💐

It’s amazing how to explained everything that we should know as a nurse but took it for granted You did a great job

Home Heath RN 6+years here.
What you describe as companionship and ADL care is not delivered by a home health nurse but by home health aides through unskilled agencies typically Medicaid, Waiver etc.
I work for a skilled Medicare agency with older, higher acuity patients. I see 6-7 patients a day 5 days a week plus on call rotation every 4-5 weeks. Typical skills involve PICC/Central line management and care, woundvacs, trachs, Chest tubes, ostomies, catheters, biliary drains, Lab draws, etc.
Documentation expectations are high due to Medicare requirements esxpecially with SOC, ROC, Recerts.
Lots of charting that follows you home even with good time management.
Home health nurses wear many hats. At times I feel like a social worker, pt educator, nurse navigator etc.
Pts are often unstable and at high risk for hospital readmission.

How does one get into home health nursing if you are an ADN- RN (med-surg) with 10 years hospital nursing exp. wanting to re-enter the nursing field after being out for +5 years due to BURN OUT. How do they look at gaps in work for nurses wanting to rejoin the nursing field. I've been reading about certain job requirements for documentation experience for CMS/Oasis. Where do you gain that type experience in a documentation knowledge base without having worked in home health? Thanks<>

Great information!🤩

Keep it up! Loved your video. Very informative and helpful.

I have been a home health nurse for over 20 years. In my state I don’t really know of any “companion” type care. We do skilled care and education. We have several pts a day and most are only seen 1 time a week depending on the care. If we are in the home for 2 hours something serious is going on.

I'm looking to transition in my career and I really appreciated this video. Thank you.

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What do you mean about Nursing Visit Frequency? Thanks for the Answer

What's your contact details?

How to get home health nurse certification?

Personal care nursing is for Nurse assistants not RNs. You should know this if you’re a nurse. We home health nurses so skilled nursing. Don’t speak on things if you don’t know what you’re talking about.

I've been an RN for 26 years and in home health for 19, almost 20 years. When I was in school, the rumor was that home health is where the lazy nurses go. I know it was a LOT different back then, and that might have been the case in 1996, but it's not now. Home health nurses must be highly skilled, self-motivated, competent, and confident. We must have good time management as well. Many are not comfortable going into the patient's home, but I love delivering care at home. As an RN, we do the admits, recertifications, resumptions, and discharges for the most part. We don't usually do routine visits, but at times, we do them. A Skilled admit usually takes around an hour, which is usually the longest we will be in the home. Most routine visits are between 30 min to an hour. We do some longer infusions that require the nurse to stay with the patient, such as Radicava or Iron. I have filled several roles over the years from field nurse to Director of Nursing. I will say that if you are considering a career in home health, it is not easy. The documentation is extensive and does take personal time to complete, but it is very rewarding and does give some flexibility in scheduling. Always make sure that the agency offers support to its field staff at all times. Make sure that your director is willing to do whatever it takes to make sure the patients are cared for, including going out to do visits and covering on call when needed. It's about teamwork. As far as pay, RNs can make more working in a facility or hospital, but you don't get the flexibility or autonomy that comes with home health. I will end my career as a home health nurse. Getting to know your patients as human beings is very rewarding.

I'm an LPN and just finished a residency program with a home health company. I love it. I work with Trach and Vent and I like knowing what every day is going to be like and getting to see long term progress

Can you do home health without doing toileting, bathing ughhh I’m so over everything

I’m not doing ADLs..I just got a computer science degree and I can not understand any of it nor can I find a job so now I need to go into another field and start over..is there anyway not to do blood, shit, pee, showering, etc??? Like what nursing area could I do

Thanks for the video, do home health nurses run night shifts?

Great video and very informative as usual. Thank you

I agree that the depth of nursing is not what I would prefer. However I can’t get a job in acute care and I’ve been trying for years to

10 year ER nurse converted to walk in clinic and now that job is going away. Looking for something with flexible hours due to being single dad. Pointers on how to learn documentation and time management. Websites, cheat sheets for speeding up documentation. Would prefer to get as much done between 8-3 when possible.