What Makes a COC Nurse?

Communities of Care holds a comprehensive home care nursing license, and we employ only RNs and LPNs. Other agencies also staff unlicensed personnel such as CNAs and PCAs, but we have found our niche in complex home care nursing. All of our employees are licensed RNs and LPNs who choose to provide their patient care in the home setting. COC can provide education for client-specific needs, such as trach or ventilator training, and our nurses have often taken these opportunities.

According to our Director of Nursing, Janelle Morse, every COC nurse is trained to perform a head-to-toe assessment and provide lifesaving intervention when needed. However, LPNs require RN supervision to draw blood, give injections, or provide other specific care. RNs and LPNs have more clinical and research hours in their education programs, as opposed to PCAs, CNAs, and other types of nurses.

Communities of Care has been providing quality home care nursing for over 20 years, and we are grateful for our amazing staff of caring professionals who make a difference every day. If you’d like to join our team, you can learn more about us, or email us.

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April 18, 2023

Joan Vaughn

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Written by 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.

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