1. Community-Based Nursing and Home Care
Chapter 6 Overview
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2. Changing Health Care System
Factors Influencing Change
Socioeconomic considerations
Changing demographics
Nature and prevalence of illness
Technology
Increasing consumerism
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3. Changing Health Care System
Case Management
Fig Nurse taking blood pressure for patient in
an intermediate care facility.
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Community-Based Care
Continuum of Patient Care
Long-term care facilities
Table 6-1. Characteristics of Ambulatory Care Settings.
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Community-Based Care
Community-Based Nurses
Fig Nurse providing care in a skilled nursing care facility.
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Home Health Care
Patient Care in the Home
Fig Nurse providing wound care in the home.
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Home Health Care
Home Health Care Team
Hospice
Fig Nursing care can be effectively provided in a home setting.
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Family Caregivers
Table 6-8. Caregiver Stressors.
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Family Caregivers
Nursing Management
Fig Family caregiver providing assistance with medications.
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Family Caregivers
Nursing Assessment
Nursing Diagnoses
Planning
Nursing Implementation
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