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Goals and Learning Outcomes

According to statistics and projections, the need for nurses who are skilled at providing care to patients in their homes is growing. Registered nurse (RN) employment is projected to grow 6% from 2021 to 2031 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2022). Home health nurse jobs are in demand, with a projected growth of 12% from 2018 to 2028 (Zippia, 2023). This is a good time to consider a career in home health nursing. This course provides nurses with information about home health nursing practice to help determine if home health nursing is a good career choice for them. The rewards, challenges, required skills, regulations, and agency types of home health nursing are reviewed.

The goal of this course is to teach nursing professionals in acute care about transitioning from hospital to home health nursing.


After taking this course, you should be able to:

  • Recognize the opportunities, rewards, and challenges found in home health nursing.
  • Describe regulations and policies that affect nurses working for Medicare-certified home health agencies.
  • Explain the skills nurses need to be successful in home health nursing.

Course Termination Date: Not yet determined

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/26

Course Originally Released On: 05/01/23

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Accreditation Information

NURSES

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791

Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

 

CEBroker

Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, Kansas State Board of Nursing, Kentucky Board of Nursing, Michigan Board of Nursing, Mississippi Board of Nursing, New Hampshire Board of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, North Dakota Board of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Registered Nurses

 

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Disclosures

None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.