Home Health Aide Nurse Home Term Paper

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Depending on the patient's condition, the aide may also change the dressings on the patient's wounds, give a massage to the patient or an alcohol rub, or assist with the patient's braces and artificial limbs. "Experienced home health aides also may assist with medical equipment such as ventilators, which help patients breathe" ("Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides," U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007).

The aide may also make a simple meal for the patient, keeping within the patient's prescribed diet that is still (hopefully) palatable to the patient. An aide will have a good sense of the patient's likes and dislikes. If the patient needs groceries and can be left unattended, the aide may go and do the patient's shopping. The aide may also purchase other basic necessities and medications, if the patient desires, or even do simple errands like post a letter.


During the visit, the aide must be very aware of changes in the patient's condition over the time spent with the patient, and also in comparison to how the patient seemed when last seen by the aide. The aide should discuss troublesome changes with either the patient's family, and if necessary, a nurse or physician. The family will also appreciate any compliments about how much the patient has progressed, and other positive feedback about the patient's condition. At the end of the visit, the aide will say good-bye to the patient and remind the patient when he or she will be seen again by the aide.

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