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Community Home Nursing Community home
nurses are managing complex patient situations and have a
greater responsibility for cancer symptom management and education
on self-care strategies since cancer care is being shifted
from the inpatient to the outpatient setting (Fieler &
Hanson, 2000).
Community home nurses function as specialized oncology nurses
when providing care to patients and families and they share
their specialized knowledge with family physicians when discussing
plans of care. They also provide an important link and unique
role with respect to coordinating the continuity of patient
information and care between primary care settings e.g. family
physicians and health care facilities.
Providing care in the home can be challenging for the nurse
when needing to interact with the patient and family within
their environment on their terms because it is the patient
in charge of the environment not the healthcare provider that
is seen in hospital settings.
To locate services in your area, contact the:
Reference:
Fieler, V.K. & Hanson, P. A. (2000) Oncology Nursing in
the Home. Oncology Nursing Society Press, Inc. Pittsburgh,
PA.
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