Certified Nurses Aides Assist individuals with daily living activities and personal care. Specific duties depend on the aide's training and experience. These aides are called a variety of titles including home health aides, personal care aides and nursing assistants. Day Surgery Follow-up Services can include nursing evaluation, assessment, rehabilitation therapy and support services to monitor a patient's progress and assess their condition. Home health agencies can assist with personal care during the recuperative period.
Nurses can perform blood draws as well as follow-up needed for symptom management and lab results.
Enteral Therapy and Parenteral Nutrition Hyperalimentation or tube feedings for persons with GI dysfunction. Home Venipuncture Blood draws, blood screening tests and lab work, including cultures and urinalysis. Home health agencies can also serve as a liaison between the homebound patient and physician through blood tests. Homemakers Assist with laundry, groceries, cleaning and other routine household tasks. Intravenous Therapy Capabilities include IV starts and re-starts, care of peripheral, central and P.I.C.C. lines, instruction to both patients and caregivers, and management of all types of pumps for hydration, hyperalimentation and medication administration such as antibiotics, chemotherapy and pain management.