Types and Benefits of Home Care Nurses You Should Know

The presence of home care services today makes it easier for intensive care and care to be carried out at home.

There are many home care services that are no less good than those provided by hospitals to patients. The act of installing medical devices or administering drugs and food can be carried out by home care nurses.

Home care is a health service aimed at people who need medical or non-medical action in the context of health services carried out at the patient's home.

While the definition of a home care nurse is a person who has special expertise in the health sector who has received formal and non-formal training with the aim of caring for patients at home.

The types of home care nurses consist of the educational background and experience of the individual. For example, if the nurse only graduated from Health Vocational School, then she can only provide assistance to the elderly. Not allowed to perform any medical action.

Meanwhile, if the nurse is a D3 and S1 Midwifery or Nursing graduate and already has a Registration Certificate (STR) then she can take medical actions such as installing medical equipment used by home care patients.

Types of home care nurses

Not all home care nurses can provide health services according to their own wishes. This is arranged according to the level of education and experience that the nurse has.

Currently, Insan Medika's home care consists of 4 types of health services by professional nurses, namely:

Medical nurse. 

Nurses can use medical devices for patients. Minimum S1 Nursing graduate and already have a valid STR (Registration Certificate). Read more.

Sick nurse. 

Nurses can provide assistance and supervision to patients who are undergoing a period of postoperative health recovery, post-stroke and undergoing chemotherapy programs. Minimum D3 to S1 Nursing graduates who do not have an STR (Registration Certificate). Read more.

Elderly nurse. 

Nurses are intended to be caregivers for the elderly or the elderly at home intensively to assist in their needs and mobility. Nurses are at least graduated from Health Vocational Schools and have received special training. Read more.

Nurses for babies and children with special needs. 

This home care nurse is intended for infants or children who need special care by a midwife. The minimum education that must be possessed is D3 Midwifery. Read more.

Benefits of home care

Using home care services is very appropriate when the patient has been allowed to go home or undergo outpatient treatment without having to stay in the hospital.

Here are some of the benefits of using home care:

1. More affordable cost

There are no more room rental fees at the hospital, no more transportation to go back and forth to visit patients at the hospital and no more consumption costs and procedures that require costs at the hospital.

Using home care services is much more economical than using hospital services for patients who have been allowed to undergo outpatient treatment.

The price of home care services is currently increasingly competitive and the service is no less good than nurses in hospitals. Need a consultation and find out about the various home care services of Medika Personnel? Contact us.

2. Reducing the burden on the family in caring for

Caring for the sick requires patience and tenacity so that patients recover quickly and return to their normal activities.

But if there are only a few family members who can care for patients at home, of course you will find it difficult. Not to mention the added work to be done.

Using home care services can be a solution for those of you who cannot take care of sick people continuously. Home care nurses who will replace you in caring for your loved ones at home.

Home care nurses can live-in 24 hours with patients or live-outs who only come to the house during patient care hours. At Insan Medika, we provide 24-hour live-in services living with patients, this is a very profitable advantage.

3. Get actual patient health information

By using home care services, you can now know quickly and accurately about the development of patient health information at home even when you are not at home.

This is because the nurse will stay at the patient's house and follow the activities carried out by the patient himself. Like when the patient sleeps, the nurse can rest, when the patient wakes up, the nurse is near the patient.

In addition, the nurse will periodically check vital signs such as blood pressure, heart rate and so on to determine the exact state of the patient's health.

 

Disadvantages of Using Home Care

In addition to the benefits of home care services obtained, there are also disadvantages, including:

1. Emergency Management is less effective

Home care services usually only focus on the recovery of patients who are continuing treatment from the hospital or only providing assistance. This home care service will be less effective if the patient's condition is in a critical period.

2. Nurse is not suitable

Nurses who are not suitable for patients or families can occur when using home care services. This can happen because every nurse has a different character.

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