{"title":"Tips for finding reliable health information online.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77162,"journal":{"name":"Home healthcare nurse","volume":"32 7","pages":"392"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32575800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lisa K Simone, JoAnn Brumbaugh, Catherine Ricketts
{"title":"Medical devices, the FDA, and the home healthcare clinician.","authors":"Lisa K Simone, JoAnn Brumbaugh, Catherine Ricketts","doi":"10.1097/NHH.0000000000000107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NHH.0000000000000107","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article introduces the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) MedWatch adverse event reporting program that consumers and healthcare professionals can use to voluntarily report potential problems associated with medical devices. It discusses devices commonly used in the home and other \"nonclinical\" environments and suggests what clinicians can do when encountering device problems or issues. With the increasing use of medical devices in the home and other nonclinical environments, it is becoming more important for users and caregivers to participate in voluntary reporting to help the FDA best address medical device problems that may be unique to these environments. </p>","PeriodicalId":77162,"journal":{"name":"Home healthcare nurse","volume":"32 7","pages":"402-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/NHH.0000000000000107","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32465877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: can hearts really break?","authors":"Cindy Farris, Denise McEnroe-Petitte, Tiffanie Kanayama","doi":"10.1097/NHH.0000000000000108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NHH.0000000000000108","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM), or broken-heart syndrome, is a form of cardiomyopathy (CM) that is significantly different from other common types. This form of CM occurs spontaneously and can be easily reversed. TCM is seen primarily in postmenopausal women with a recent stressful event. Patients with TCM often present with symptoms suggestive of a myocardial infarction. Home health-care and hospice clinicians interact frequently with caregivers and other family members who are living under stressful circumstances. It is important that home care clinicians be familiar with TCM and understand the relationship that may exist between stress, stressful events, triggers, and TCM. </p>","PeriodicalId":77162,"journal":{"name":"Home healthcare nurse","volume":"32 7","pages":"410-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/NHH.0000000000000108","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32465880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Saving our backs: safe patient handling and mobility for home care.","authors":"Audrey Beauvais, Lenore Frost","doi":"10.1097/NHH.0000000000000110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NHH.0000000000000110","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Predicted work-related injuries for nurses and home healthcare workers are on the rise given the many risk factors in the home environment and the escalating demands for home healthcare workers in the United States. Fortunately, safe patient handling and mobility programs can dramatically decrease injuries. Despite strides being made to promote safe patient handling and mobility programs in acute care, more can be done to establish such initiatives in the home care setting. </p>","PeriodicalId":77162,"journal":{"name":"Home healthcare nurse","volume":"32 7","pages":"430-4; quiz 435-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/NHH.0000000000000110","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32465881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Susanna B Edwards, Effie Galanis, Kay McGarvey, Catherine Prestwich, Sheila Ritcey, Karina Wulf
{"title":"Safety issues at the end of life in the home setting.","authors":"Susanna B Edwards, Effie Galanis, Kay McGarvey, Catherine Prestwich, Sheila Ritcey, Karina Wulf","doi":"10.1097/NHH.0000000000000105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NHH.0000000000000105","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patients who choose care in a home setting at the end of life may be at risk because of their declining cognitive or physical abilities, environmental hazards in the home, or caregiving issues. Although safety concerns in hospitals have been well documented, knowledge about safety issues in the home setting is limited. This qualitative, focused-ethnographic study was conducted to understand the safety issues that occur in the home setting from the perspective of home care clinicians who manage these issues for end-of-life patients. </p>","PeriodicalId":77162,"journal":{"name":"Home healthcare nurse","volume":"32 7","pages":"396-401"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/NHH.0000000000000105","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32465875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}