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Designed for the Unique Needs
of Homecare Providers
This site provides homecare clinicians with access to chronic care management models, best practices and downloadable resources for homecare patients.
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"The body of knowledge that serves as the rationale for nursing practice determines the areas of specialty to develop as well as the manner in which that knowledge is organized, tested and applied." -Carper, 1978
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level 2
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Heart Failure
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Medications
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Assess
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| Review patient and/or caregivers’ knowledge of present medications and any use of alternative treatments. Also consider any shared or out-of-date medications. |
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Medication Assessment Form
(pdf)
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Nov 5th, 2010
Clinicians can download and print easy to use Medication Assessment Form.
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Medication Knowledge Assessment
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Oct 26th, 2010
Information about adherence, nonadherence, overview and more.
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Heart Failure Self-Assessment - Level 3
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Aug 1st, 2010
Patient questionaire to assess patient's understanding of his/her condition
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Heart Failure: Phone Monitoring Assessment Guide - Level 2
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Aug 1st, 2010
Phone monitoring questions to assess patients' current status and interventions based on assessment. This material is provided by the Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Pennsylvania
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Heart Failure: Cardio-Respiratory Assessment Tool - Level 2
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Aug 1st, 2010
Check-off assessment sheet for cardio-respiratory functioning. This material is provided by the Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Pennsylvania
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Dehydration Risk Assessment - Level 2
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Aug 1st, 2010
A dehydration assessment tool
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Best Practice Recommended Questions to Assess Medication Management- Level 2
(News Article)
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Jul 30th, 2007
Assessing Current Practices: What medications are you currently taking?
Are you using any herbs, or vitamins to help you stay well?
Do you have a system to help you remember when to take your medications?
When was the last time you forgot to take your medications?
What did you do when you...
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Levels of evidence
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Level 1
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Systematic reviews and repeated studies, thoroughly researched.
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Level 2
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Experimental (Single or Quasi experimental study) and non-experimental (Exploratory or qualitative study).
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Level 3
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Recommendations of respected, experienced homecare authorities.
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Level 4
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Not Recommended.
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