Table of Contents

• Scope of Home Health Nursing Practice
• Evolution of Home Health Nursing
• Home Health Nursing’s Scope of Practice
• Definition of Home Health Nursing
• Distinguishing Characteristics of Home Health Nursing
• The Nursing Process in Home Health Nursing
• Educational Preparation of Home Health Nurses
• Certification in Home Health Nursing
• Practice Roles and Responsibilities
• Home Health Nurse
• Graduate-Level Prepared Home Health Nurse
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
• Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Nurse Practitioner
• Clinical Roles
• Care or Case Manager
• Patient Educator
• Patient Advocate
• Administrative Roles
• Administrator
• Supervisor or Clinical Manager
• Quality and Performance Improvement Nurse
• Clinical Educator
• Informatics Liaison Nurse
• Trends, Issues, and Opportunities in Home Health Nursing
• Practice Environments
• Ethics in Home Health Nursing
• Research in Home Health Nursing
• Informatics in Home Health Nursing
• Finances and Reimbursement
• Summary of the Scope of Home Health Nursing Practice
• Standards of Professional Home Health Nursing Practice
• Significance of the Standards
• Standards of Practice for Home Health Nursing
• Standard 1. Assessment
• Standard 2. Population Diagnosis and Priorities
• Standard 3. Outcomes Identification
• Standard 4. Planning
• Standard 5. Implementation
• Standard 5A. Coordination of Care
• Standard 5B. Health Teaching and Health Promotion
• Standard 5C. Consultation
• Standard 5D. Prescriptive Authority
• Standard 6. Evaluation
• Standards of Professional Performance for Home Health Nursing
• Standard 7. Ethics
• Standard 8. Education
• Standard 9. Evidence-Based Practice and Research
• Standard 10. Quality of Practice
• Standard 11. Communication
• Standard 12. Leadership
• Standard 13. Collaboration
• Standard 14. Professional Practice Evaluation
• Standard 15. Resource Utilization
• Standard 16. Environmental Health
• Glossary
• References
• Appendix A. Home Health Nursing: Scope and Standards
• of Practice (2007)