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Home Care Nursing
A Day with Walter: One Home Care Nurse Shares What a Typical Shift Looks Like
Kelsey Graves, RN, BSN, PHN, is a home care nurse for Pediatric Home Service and recently documented one of her days with PHS patient Walter – read along to...
Skilled Nursing Visits Support a Safe Care Plan at Home
Skilled Nursing Visits from PHS There are times when a patient may be stable enough to go or remain at home, but still requires professional nursing visits. This may...
Ensure an Efficient Monthly Supply Order With These Tips From PHS Clinicians
Tracking supply quantities can be a difficult task when a medically complex child requires numerous items to meet their care needs. But by maintaining an effective inventory management method...
Coming Home With Care: What to Consider When Preparing for a Hospital Discharge
In a three-part series, we’re exploring what can be an exciting but confusing time for parents of children with new medical diagnoses – preparing for discharge from the hospital...
How home care nursing shifts are determined
After talking about how PHS determines nursing schedules and what we are currently doing (and not doing) in our new model, the third and final installment of frequently asked...
Understanding the changes to our home care nurse scheduling
Last month we kicked off a three-part blog series focusing on the future of home care nursing and the improvements we’ve made recently, with the first post talking about...
Understanding the changes to our home care nursing service
In an evolving health care landscape, hospitals and home care companies alike are examining current processes and models to ensure they can continue to provide quality care for those...
How two nurses found careers in the home care setting
For many of our home care nurses, a career outside of the hospital or clinic setting is an unexpected – and exciting – turn in their career path. Suddenly...