Course Code: REL-ACU-0-HHHN
Hours: 2
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2026
Learning Objectives:
Recognize the opportunities, rewards, and challenges found in home health nursing.
Describe regulations and policies that affect nurses working for Medicare-certified home health agencies.
Explain the skills nurses need to be successful in home health nursing.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Home Health Nursing
Meet Iris
Why Nursing Care in the Home?
Opportunities and Rewards
Iris’s View
Challenges Faced by Home Health Nurses
Iris’s Take
Types of Care Provided by Home Health Organizations
Quick Check
Iris’s Care
Home Health Nursing Positions and Roles
Team-Based Care
Iris’s Team
Section 3: Working for a Medicare-Certified Home Health Agency
Iris’s Take on Medicare-Certified Agencies
Medicare Patients
Medicare and the Home Health Benefit
Iris on Regulation
Referral Process and Starting Services
POC
Iris’s View on OASIS
OASIS
Assessment and Care Planning - OASIS Basics
Quick Check
Quality Measurement and Reporting - Care Compare and Star Ratings
Reimbursement - Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM)
Section 4: Providing Care within the Home
Iris Explains Home Health Nurse Skills
Patient-Centered Care Skills
Assessment and Care Planning
Medication Reconciliation
Problem Identification
Patient Education
Quick Check
Care Coordination Skills
Infection Prevention and Control
Documentation Skills
Time Management and Organizational Skills
Communication Skills
Home Etiquette Skills
Iris’s Tip
Section 5: Self-Reflection
Iris and Reflection
Reflection Exercise
Iris’s Final Thoughts
Section 6: Clinical Vignette
Nurse Iris
Section 7: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
References
Subject Matter Expert: Tameka N. Warren, MSN, RN, CLC
Tameka N. Warren, MSN, RN, CLC, earned her Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing degrees from Indiana University School of Nursing at IUPUI, and her Associate of Science in Nursing from Ivy Tech College. She has over 20 years of nursing experience in public health, regulation, home health, leadership, education, maternal child community health, and long-term care environments. Tameka has served as a leader in home healthcare practices, quality improvement, and education as a community health nurse and a Public Health Nurse Surveyor (Home Health & Hospice) certified by CMS for a State Agency. She has served as a maternal and infant mortality advocate in managing home visiting services, supporting legislation to improve maternal child care in diverse communities, and as an ALPP Certified Lactation Counselor. She has also served as an Adjunct Clinical Professor to further awareness about the importance of community health nursing. Tameka’s passion is to serve the most vulnerable populations affected by health disparities and to inspire a new generation of nurses to do the same successfully.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Nursing Personnel; in the following settings: Hospitals: Acute.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.