Home Health 101
Taxing effort, needs assistive device or assistance of another person to leave the home.
What is "Homebound Status"
Skilled Nurses, Physical Therapists, and Occupational Therapists
Who can perform a start of Care assessment in the VNAHG?
Upon entering and before leaving the home, when entering or re-entering the treatment bag, before donning PPE and after doffing PPE ,before or after direct patient contact.
What are some examples of indications for Hand Hygiene?
The floor, the couch, the upholstered chair, the bed.
Where should you NOT place your treatment bag in a patient's home?
Characterized by a defect in Insulin secretion, insulin action or both.
What is Diabetes?
Visits for advanced wound care, medication education, pleural catheter care, urethral catheters change and care, disease management and education, diet management and education.
What are examples of "Skilled Care"
The system that CMS uses to report to the public how well our agency provides care to their patients compared to other agencies? ( This is also a shape).
What are Star ratings?
Minimum infection prevention practices that apply to ALL patient care regardless of suspected or confirmed infection status of the patient.
What are Standard Precautions?
Unopened dressings/gauze, vital sign equipment, gloves, barriers, alcohol pads and PPE.
What belongs in the "clean compartment?"
House, apartment, assisted living facility, hotel/motel, house boat, group home, independent living facility
What are examples of a "home" where VNAHG can provide services?
The length of time for each certification period in Home Health.
What is 60 days?
Microorganisms, predominantly bacteria, that are resistant to one or more classes of anti-microbial agents.
What are Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms ( MDROs)?
Hand hygiene supplies, pens, pencils, trash bags, devices, education material(zone tools) and barrier for under bag.
What belongs in the "dirty compartment"?
Excessive trouble breathing during everyday activities, increased mucus production or change in the appearance of mucus, swelling in the hands or feet, muscle cramping, unusual weakness, trouble sleeping related to shortness of breath.
What are symptoms of COPD exacerbation?
Hair cut/ beauty parlor, religious services, healthcare provider appointments, adult day care, graduations, funerals, weddings
What are examples of acceptable absences from home when a patient is still considered home bound?
A case-mix model that includes "buckets" known as clinical groupings, that groups patients for payment purposes.
What is Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) ?
This concept includes: Must have a safety device, return when container is 2/3 full, never remove a lancet from the lancet device and never recap?
What is Needle Safety/Sharps Disposal?
These are the specific things we ask/inform a patient prior to entering the home.
What are screening tool question and are there pets in the home that need to be secured prior to visit.
Poor nutrition, pneumonia, inability to perform self-care tasks, personal safety challenges and death.
What are some complications of Dementia?
The tool/program used to decrease documentation time and promote work-life balance.
What is N-voq
Rewards or penalizes Home Health Agencies based on quality of care and outcomes.
What is Value-Based Purchasing?
These are the 4 categories in Transmission-Based Precautions.
What are Airborne, Droplet, Contact, and COVID-19?
These are safety suggestions that we learned during clinical orientation to remain safe as clinicians in the field.
What is be aware of your surroundings, do not keep personal belongings in your treatment bags, wear your uniform and ID at all times, do not park in secluded areas, if your not feeling safe in a home, leave and call your manager when you are safely away.
Electric heaters, fireplaces, candles, lighters, cigarettes and gas stoves.
What are fire safety hazards?