Clinical Quick Reference for Homecare / Edition 1

by Barbara Acello

Overview

Clinical Quick Reference for Homecare

Your solution to accurate assessment and compliant documentation
Introducing the ultimate blueprint for accurately assessing the symptom or condition presented by any patient. The home health clinical team can use this electronic CD resource to quickly find a checklist of what to look for during an assessment. As a result, your agency will deliver more accurate assessments and more thorough documentation, and ultimately create the best plan of care for the patient.

Each checklist can be downloaded and printed from the CD to fit directly into the patient’s record to ensure consistency with every assessment and accuracy in documentation. Clinical Quick Reference for Homecare is the most convenient way to guarantee your patients receive the proper care and your agency maintains compliant documentation.

How you will benefit from this book:

• Save time finding the correct assessment guidelines for a patient’s condition with searchable, electronic checklists
• Ensure consistency of care for each patient by guaranteeing that they are subjected to the same assessment criteria, regardless of the clinician
• Access more than 75 checklists to assess and document patient status, including cardiovascular, hematologic, and musculoskeletal conditions
• Avoid survey citations, lost payment, and legal implications arising from improper documentation
• Access assessment checklists from anywhere—since they are on a CD, they are also portable!

Table of Contents
Section 1.0: Assessment Documentation Guidelines
Section 2.0: General Assessment Documentation
Section 3.0: Neurological Assessment Documentation
Section 4.0: Respiratory Assessment Documentation
Section 5.0: Cardiovascular Assessment Documentation
Section 6.0: Gastrointestinal Assessment Documentation
Section 7.0: Genitourinary Assessment Documentation
Section 8.0: Integumentary Assessment Documentation
Section 9.0: Musculoskeletal Assessment Documentation
Section 10.0: Endocrine Assessment Documentation
Section 11.0: Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat Assessment Documentation
Section 12.0: Hematologic Assessment Documentation
Section 13.0: Nutritional Assessment Documentation
Section 14.0: Psychosocial Assessment Documentation
Section 15.0: Infusion Assessment Documentation

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781601469328
Publisher:	HCPro, Inc
Publication date:	07/01/2012
Pages:	12
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Lynn Riddle Brown, RN, BSN, CRNI, COS-C, of Roper St. Francis Home Care in Charleston, SC,is a patient care coordinator and infusion nurse specialist. Previously, Brown practiced oncology nursing in Charlotte, NC, for 10 years, holding positions as a floor nurse, inpatient hospice unit nurse, and charge nurse. During this time she held a certification in oncology nursing through the Oncology Nursing Society.

Barbara Acello, MS, RN, is an independent nurse consultant and educator. She has worked in long-term care for more than 30 years. In addition to owning and operating a school for nursing assistants, she helped write and develop mandatory state curricula for nurse aides and EMTs.