Pub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0000000000001243
{"title":"In-Home Management of Diabetes and Obesity.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/NHH.0000000000001243","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NHH.0000000000001243","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37842,"journal":{"name":"Home healthcare now","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139378458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0000000000001225
Ann Shastay
{"title":"Tubing Dangers with Medication Administration: Misconnections, Wrong Route, and Other Hazards.","authors":"Ann Shastay","doi":"10.1097/NHH.0000000000001225","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NHH.0000000000001225","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37842,"journal":{"name":"Home healthcare now","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139378462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0000000000001218
Maureen Anthony
{"title":"Diabetes and Home Care.","authors":"Maureen Anthony","doi":"10.1097/NHH.0000000000001218","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NHH.0000000000001218","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37842,"journal":{"name":"Home healthcare now","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71434725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0000000000001238
{"title":"An Overview of Insulin Therapy in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/NHH.0000000000001238","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NHH.0000000000001238","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37842,"journal":{"name":"Home healthcare now","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71434723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0000000000001202
Erica J Arndt, Anne Fleischer, Geela Spira
There are many challenges to interdisciplinary communication in home care. Management often takes a top-down approach, instructing home care clinicians on methods to improve communication. In this pretest-posttest intervention study, a bottom-up approach was taken using a focus group to allow home care clinicians to identify, develop, and implement strategies to share critical clinical and social information. The participants in the intervention group were compared with a control group who did not participate in the focus group. We found that empowering home care clinicians to develop strategies to improve interdisciplinary communication was beneficial in improving interdisciplinary collaboration. Actively involving home care clinicians in identifying issues and developing solutions may lead to improved collaboration.
{"title":"Improving Clinician Communication through Action Research.","authors":"Erica J Arndt, Anne Fleischer, Geela Spira","doi":"10.1097/NHH.0000000000001202","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NHH.0000000000001202","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There are many challenges to interdisciplinary communication in home care. Management often takes a top-down approach, instructing home care clinicians on methods to improve communication. In this pretest-posttest intervention study, a bottom-up approach was taken using a focus group to allow home care clinicians to identify, develop, and implement strategies to share critical clinical and social information. The participants in the intervention group were compared with a control group who did not participate in the focus group. We found that empowering home care clinicians to develop strategies to improve interdisciplinary communication was beneficial in improving interdisciplinary collaboration. Actively involving home care clinicians in identifying issues and developing solutions may lead to improved collaboration.</p>","PeriodicalId":37842,"journal":{"name":"Home healthcare now","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71434730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0000000000001206
Nguyen Thi Thu Trieu, Michele Upval, Nguyen Thi Yen Hoai, Tran Van Long, Nguyen Thi Anh Phuong
The mortality rate due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has increased annually, and non-adherence to treatment is one reason for this rise. Developing intervention programs to enhance treatment adherence for people with COPD is essential. The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to determine the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of such a program. We sought the opinions of 15 healthcare managers and 15 practicing nurses from three hospitals across Vietnam and conducted group discussions and interviews with 30 patients with COPD. We then formulated integrated conclusions on the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of the program. The overall average score of 12 items to test the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of the program from both healthcare managers and practicing nurses was high (M = 4.31; SD = 0.11) and (M = 4.37; SD = 0.12), respectively. Thirty COPD outpatients agreed the content and plan of the program were necessary for them to enhance their treatment adherence at home. The document content was appropriate, easy to understand, and the support and education provided by nurses was helpful. The educational intervention program to promote treatment adherence for patients with COPD was acceptable, appropriate, and feasible from the views of healthcare managers, nurses, and patients with COPD.
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