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characteristics of a Home Nurse

CHARACTERISTICS OF A HOME NURSE

Respectful

When a nurse sees a patient in the hospital or a doctor’s office, she is usually expected to repeat doctor’s orders and carry out those orders regardless of the patients’ desires. In a home setting, however, you must respect the patients’ wishes and honor requests you might not get in a clinical setting. As a home nurse, you might encounter more resistance to taking medication or doing physical therapy at the proper times, so it's important to tap into your skills of persuasion to gently urge your patients to comply.

Tactful

In the hospital you can restrict visits and monitor the way friends and family interact with your patients. At the patients’ homes, however, you have much less control over what other caregivers decide to do. A home health nurse must therefore be adept at educating other caregivers on what constitutes the best choices for patient meals and activities. You need to know how to tactfully correct and guide visitors and family members to ensure your patients’ safety and well-being.

Flexible

As a home health care nurse, you’ll find yourself in a wide range of settings on a regular basis. If you’re the type who prefers to go to the same place of employment and follow a set of consistent guidelines at work, then home nursing care is not for you. You must enjoy and welcome a diverse group of clients who vary widely in their needs and expectations. Your schedule might be interrupted repeatedly by visitors and unexpected changes in your patients' daily habits. Additionally, each home environment is different, requiring you to be flexible in how you address issues such as house cleaning, meal preparation and medication storage.

Skillful

As a home nurse, you will usually work with little...