Unlike many specialties in the nursing profession, the home care nurse's work setting changes daily as they travel from location to location, home to home, visiting each assigned patient. Working alone most of the time, the home health nurse must be organized and autonomous. To further complicate things, many work for multiple agencies at the same time, and each agency has its own unique protocols for recording after-visit reports into their computer system at the end of the day.
This handy Visit Tracker for Home Health Nurses is a one-of-a-kind system for gathering visit details into one bound location. Logically set up, it prompts the nurse to record all of the pertinent details about each visit as the day progresses, thus streamlining the process of inputting patient detail into each agency's computer program at the end of the day. Where appropriate, check boxes are provided to quickly indicate standard assessment elements, but blank write-in fields are also included for those areas where an entry is required. Each record includes a narrative section at the very end for capturing pertinent information not recorded elsewhere. A Patient Visit Log located at the front of the book where the Table of Contents typically is found can be updated daily for quick reference and includes: Patient Name, Visit Date, Agency Name, and Page Number. The journal will accommodate up to 60 visits and includes a sample completed assessment at the back of the book.
- Gathers agency, patient, physician, medication, and medical history prior to any actual assessment or treatment.
- Prompts the nurse through standard assessment items while also allowing for entry of additional non-standard notations.
- Logical arrangement makes it quick and easy to extract all of the detail necessary for completing each patient file at the end of the day.
- Chronological arrangement makes it easy to locate a specific record.
- Patient Visit Log at the front of the book further enhances organization by letting the nurse set up their own Table of Contents.
- Each patient record consists of a two-page spread, each page 8-1/2" x 11".
- Each book will accommodate up to 60 patient visits.
- Bound softcover format keeps everything in one place and fits easily into a supply bag.
