Home Nursing
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Association between health education needs and stroke caregiver injury.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: Many stroke caregivers are inadequately informed about stroke and its sequelae and have little preparation for the physical demands of moving, lifting, and handling often required. Our objectives are to examine the association between ... Read more...

Reducing dangerous nighttime events in persons with dementia by using a nighttime monitoring system.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Nighttime activity, a common occurrence in persons with dementia, increases the risk for injury and unattended home exits and impairs the sleep patterns of caregivers. Technology is needed that will alert caregivers of nighttime activity ... Read more...

Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in home care settings: prevalence, duration, and transmission to household members.

8 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Several studies have documented prolonged colonization with hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after hospital discharge. However, information is lacking about factors associated with prolonged MRSA ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Home Nursing'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Association between health education needs and stroke caregiver injury. 29 Sep 2009
• Reducing dangerous nighttime events in persons with dementia by using a nighttime monitoring system. 30 Aug 2009
• Response to editorial about the convergence insufficiency treatment trial. 30 Aug 2009
• Coming home with MRSA. 8 Aug 2009
• Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in home care settings: prevalence, duration, and transmission to household members. 8 Aug 2009
• [Family care for the elderly and the importance of filial piety] 30 Jul 2009
• Renewing everyday hope: the hope experience of family caregivers of persons with dementia. 30 Jul 2009
• ["work & care" - Combining employment and care: a literature analysis on challenges for family caregivers, companies, and nursing] 30 Jul 2009
• [Informing children and their parents about enteral nutrition] 30 Jul 2009
• Therapeutic errors involving adults in the community setting: nature, causes and outcomes. 30 Jul 2009
• Conflict between nursing home staff and residents' families: does it increase burnout? 12 Jul 2009
• Economic valuation of informal care in Asia: a case study of care for disabled stroke survivors in Thailand. 29 Jun 2009
• Disability care brought to life. 29 Jun 2009
• Caring for a disabled child at home: parents' views. 29 Jun 2009
• [Supporting the family in the use of touch for sick parents at home] 29 Jun 2009
• Potential caregivers for homebound elderly: more numerous than supposed? 29 Jun 2009
• Fears come true: the experiences of older care recipients and their family members of live-in foreign home care workers. 20 Jun 2009
• Maximum recovery after knee replacement--the MARKER study rationale and protocol. 15 Jun 2009
• [Home mechanical ventilation: dependency and burden of care in the home] 9 Jun 2009
• [Arterial hypertension in the family: the need for family care] 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Home Nursing'

Definition: Nursing care given to an individual in the home. The care may be provided by a family member or a friend. Home nursing as care by a non-professional is differentiated from HOME CARE SERVICES provided by professionals: visiting nurse, home health agencies, hospital, or other organized community group.

Descriptor UI: D006701

Alternative terms: Home Nursing; Home Care, Nonprofessional; Care, Nonprofessional Home; Nonprofessional Home Care; Nursing, Home; Home Care, Non-Professional; Care, Non-Professional Home; Home Care, Non Professional; Non-Professional Home Care;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; education; psychology;

Tree Number: E02.760.611.470; N02.421.143.524.470; N02.421.533.320; N02.421.585.611.470;

History Note: 66; was NURSING, HOME 1963-65

Technical Notes: by non-professionals only (family, friends, etc.): do not confuse with HOME CARE SERVICES (by professional: visiting nurse, public health nurse, etc.)