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Private Duty Nursing Service Reliability of Care Shifts
Key Takeaway
Even with the current nursing shortage that all hopspitals, clinics and homecare companies are experiencing, the reliability of PHS private duty nurses is very high.
Private Duty Nursing refers to the skilled nursing care that is provided in a patient’s home in shifts for a predetermined number of hours each week. Medically-complex children who need private duty nursing services require ongoing treatment and consistent, reliable, safe, quality care. PHS private duty nurses are licensed and trained by PHS education and clinical staff in the specialized discipline of caring for young patients at home.
Private duty nursing was added to the broad spectrum of PHS services in 2011 to provide patients and their families with more comprehensive care, and make it easier for them to have all their needs met and questions and concerns answered in one place, with a single phone call.
PHS makes every effort to match nurses to patient needs and family dynamics, and then ensure the private duty nurse is present when required. In the instance that a nurse calls in and is unable to work a shift, the coordinator looks at other options to get the shift filled. Every effort is made to find another nurse available to work — one who already knows the family and is trained in the patient’s care plan.
Summary
PHS added private duty nursing to its offerings in 2011 and continues to hire nursing staff to meet the growing demand. We measure the reliability of our private duty nurses on an ongoing basis to ensure consistent care by a nurse trained in each individual patient’s care. The reliability of PHS private duty nurses remains consistently high.
Questions?
Contact Sandra Maguire (sjmaguire@pediatrichomeservice.com) or Barb Weisenberger (bweisenberger@pediatrichomeservice.com) for more information on PHS private duty nursing.
