Future of Home Health

What kind of interest do nurses have to enter home health nursing? It seems as though as healthcare reform and as Medicare continues to reduce cost, home health is a solution to these reductions. Are there schools focusing on educating nurses to become home health nurses?
Quote from SunlifehhWhat kind of interest do nurses have to enter home health nursing? It seems as though as healthcare reform and as Medicare continues to reduce cost, home health is a solution to these reductions. Are there schools focusing on educating nurses to become home health nurses?

What I have observed is that RN's are very good at providing the care that's been diagnosed and yes these are taught in nursing schools and they are very proficient. I have also noticed that compliance regulation, OASIS assessment, comprehensive assessment, chapter 7 of the Medicare benefits manual which specifically applies to home health, and the American Nursing Association specialty home health nursing practice standards are relatively new or unknown to most home health nurses. As our healthcare system changes, is it important to address this knowledge?

U.S. nursing programs educate generalist nurses. In this way, nursing education is similar to the medical education of physicians, who also rotate through "the basics" before graduating and completing residencies in primary care or specialties of their choosing.IMO, there is precious little time in nursing programs to gain thorough knowledge and understanding of clinical anatomy, physiology, disease pathophysiology and treatment and interventions. I do agree that nurses should ideally graduate with a basic understanding of the current system of financing health care, both inpatient and outpatient care.

As I read through this site, it appears that many new graduating nurses are having difficulty finding jobs due to lack of experience. This may be an educational opportunity, if graduating nurses had experience in regulation, OASIS assessment, comprehensive assessment, chapter 7 of the Medicare benefits manual which specifically applies to home health, and the American Nursing Association specialty home health nursing practice standards, this would allow home health organizations the ability to hire and train assessment skills, utilizing software systems on laptops in the home getting them in to production much faster. Home health organizations are unwilling to hire due to this lack of experience and the time it takes to get a new nurse into production.

Quote from SunlifehhAs I read through this site, it appears that many new graduating nurses are having difficulty finding jobs due to lack of experience. This may be an educational opportunity, if graduating nurses had experience in regulation, OASIS assessment, comprehensive assessment, chapter 7 of the Medicare benefits manual which specifically applies to home health, and the American Nursing Association specialty home health nursing practice standards, this would allow home health organizations the ability to hire and train assessment skills, utilizing software systems on laptops in the home getting them in to production much faster. Home health organizations are unwilling to hire due to this lack of experience and the time it takes to get a new nurse into production.