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  2. What is a Licensed Practical Nurse? - WebMD

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    LPNs handle tasks like: Recording patients’ vitals, such as blood pressure, temperature, and pulse. Reporting patient status to RNs and doctors and adding it to patient charts. Changing wound ...

  3. Home health nursing - Wikipedia

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    Home health nursing. Home health is a nursing specialty in which nurses provide multidimensional [1] home care to patients of all ages. Home health care is a cost efficient way to deliver quality care in the convenience of the client's home. [2] Home health nurses create care plans to achieve goals based on the client's diagnosis.

  4. Home Care: How to Make It Work - WebMD

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    It will make it easier when they talk and become familiar with each other. Write down details about their daily routine, including when and what they like to eat, watch, or read if the caregiver ...

  5. Licensed practical nurse - Wikipedia

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    Registered nurse. A licensed practical nurse (LPN), in much of the United States and Canada, is a nurse who provides direct nursing care for people who are sick, injured, convalescent, or disabled. In the United States, LPNs work under the direction of physicians, mid-level practitioners, and may work under the direction of registered nurses ...

  6. Understanding Medicare Coverage for Home Health Aides

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    Medicare plans. Takeaway. Medicare doesn’t cover home health aides unless your doctor has approved a home health care plan that involves professional services such as skilled nursing care or ...

  7. What Is Preventive Health and Why Is It Important?

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    Preventive health refers to routine care you receive in order to maintain your health. It’s key to diagnosing medical conditions before they become a problem. Preventing serious diseases before ...

  8. Home care - Wikipedia

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    Homecare (home care, in-home care), also known as domiciliary care, personal care or social care, is health care or supportive care provided in the individual home where the patient or client is living, generally focusing on paramedical aid by professional caregivers, assistance in daily living for ill, disabled or elderly people, or a combination thereof.

  9. What Is a Community Health Worker? - WebMD

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    Community health worker duties include: Home visits. Sanitation of the environment. Provision of water and nutrition. First aid. Treatment of simple or common illnesses. Health education. Maternal ...