Fundamentals in Home Health Nursing

Fundamentals in Home Health Nursing was developed and designed for the first time home health care RN who is crossing over from an acute care or other health care setting into home health nursing. It was written to build on information, knowledge and skills already acquired by an RN and to serve as a bridge into the home health environment.

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Goal

This course has been written, designed and developed to provide the RN with tools to use in planning homehealth care nursing visits and to provide a basic foundation to meet the criteria of a "generalist" home health nurse as described in "A Statement on the Scope of Home Health Nursing Practice by the American Nurses Association, Council of Community Health Nurses".

Prerequisites

Course Details

Each module has several units and follows the same format with an assignment, objectives, content, self-test, and an asynchronous discussion with the instructor and students. (Asynchronous discussion is a discussion in which you can sign onto the discussion board and post your responses at YOUR convenience). The self-test provides immediate feedback with rationale. Each module also has a resource page with reference and direct links that provide background information and supports the data in the module. There is a short exam following Module Two and Three.

Instructor

Alma M. Jackson, RN, MS, COHN-S

Required Textbooks

Each unit in this course includes reading from one of the assigned textbooks and course content that is posted in the unit; a self test to assess your learning; and discussion questions.

The student is expected to read the assignments, review the web links, become familiar with agency policies and procedures referring to the topic, take the self-test and exams and participate in the discussions.

Approximately two topics will be covered each week and it is expected that it will require 8-10 hours per week to successfully complete the requirements. It is anticipated that the student will have a preceptor(s) assigned from the agency who will support and assist the student in completing the assignments in which the student needs to access agency materials.

Registration

Instructor led online course through WebCT at Central Colorado AHEC

Registration can be found at the Home Care Association of Colorado (HCAC).

Start date: After 7 November 2004

Cost: $475.00

Information

Kristina Wenzel, RN, MBA
Executive Director Central Colorado AHEC