Home care nursing requires both day shifts and night shifts. Adjusting to the night shift can be a challenge, but refer to this blog to learn more about ways to make that adjustment successful.
Staying healthy while working the night shift is about more than just getting used to being awake when the rest of the...
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About: Joan Vaughn
I’m Joan, and I know home care from the inside out.
I’ve navigated my daughter through 24/7 home care nursing and managed her PCA’s. I’ve helped my parents move into (and out of) assisted living, Medicare episodes, skilled nurse visits, home health aids, and PCAs. Sandwiched in all of that, I’ve helped coordinate home care equipment and supplies, physical therapists, occupational therapists, county workers, and medications (oh, the medications). I know emergency departments, children’s hospitals, cancer wards, cardiac floors, and specialty units. I can recite health insurance policies (and call their bluff).
I know a lot of other things in life too, like Shakespeare, where to sit to see a great sunset over a lake, how to keep myself healthy, how to read a profit/loss statement and state statutes, when to use a comma, and that gratitude is one of the keys to success.
So I’m going to have this blog and write about home care from time to time. I’ll include topics like current legislation, professional boundaries in a tricky environment, and being a caregiver. I’ll also post some guest blogs from clients and nurses.
Join me in the conversation.
Recent Posts by Joan Vaughn
Happy National Nurses Day!
As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of our patients, their families and ourselves. They may not remember your name but they will never forget the way you made them feel." --Maya Angelou
Let’s take a moment to appreciate all of the nurses who have touched our lives...
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Waiver Programs for Home Care Nursing Recipients
In Minnesota, home care nursing is funded occasionally by a person’s health insurance plan, but most often long-term nursing care is funded by MN Medical Assistance (MA). MA pays for nursing care and supplies, which generally covers the recipient’s needs. Sometimes, though, the recipient has a unique or short term need that must be addresses...
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Night Shift Nurses – How to Adjust to Working the Night Shift
In home care nursing, nurses often work 12-hour shifts, and their schedules sometimes require rotating between shifts (from days to nights or vice versa). Adjusting to the night shift means changing most aspects of one’s life and can be stressful. For example, it can be difficult for people who work “regular” hours to get enough...
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