Home Health Care

This home nursing and caregiver guide is a valuable resource for in-home care of the elderly, those with symptoms physical illness, menial illness, maternity care, and patients with a long term illness.

Home Health Care Table of Contents

• Home Nursing Where To Begin
  • Preparing To Be A Home Nurse
  • Nursing Care of the Sick at Home
  • Patient's Daily Record
  • Family Health Records
• Public Health
  • Federal Agencies
  • State Health Departments
  • Local Health Departments
  • Voluntary Health Agencies
  • International Health Agencies
• Food and Nutrition
  • Choosing Foods for Health
  • Essential Nutrients
  • Essential Minerals
  • Meal Planning
  • Food For the Sick
  • The Doctor's Diet Orders
  • Kinds of Diet
  • Modifying a Regular Diet to Meet Special Needs
  • Feeding the Patient on a Liquid Diet
  • Feeding the Convalescent
  • Feeding the Sick Baby or Child
  • Feeding the Aged and the Patient With a Long-Term Illness
• Recognizing Illness
  • Symptoms of Physical Illness
  • Symptoms of Mental Illness
  • Reporting Symptoms to the Doctor
• Illness and Infection
  • How Infection is Transmitted
  • Protection Against Communicable Disease
  • Care of the Patient With Communicable Disease
• Maternity Care
  • Medical Supervision
  • The Obstetric Physical Examination
  • Signals of Possible Danger
  • Food for the Expectant Mother
  • Supplies for the Baby
  • Emergency Delivery
• Care of Infants and Children
  • The New Born Baby
  • The Premature Baby
  • The Baby's First Year
  • The Toddler
  • The Sick Child
  • The Hospitalized Child
• The Later Years
  • How People Age
  • Health Practices That Influence Aging
• The Patient With Long-Term Illness
  • When Illness Occurs
  • Understanding  the Sick
  • The Sickroom
  • Planning thee Patient's Care
  • Preventing Physical Deformities
  • Elimination
  • Caring for the Incontinent Patient
  • Preventing and Caring for Decubitus
• Home Emergencies
  • The Value of First Aid Training
  • Emergency and First Aid Supplies
  • General Procedure at an Accident
  • Shock
  • Types of Wounds
  • Internal Bleeding
  • Nose Bleed
  • Burns
  • Simple Fainting
  • Convulsions
  • Heatstroke
  • Heat Exhaustion
  • Heat Cramps
  • Frostbite
  • Heart Attack
  • Appendicitis
  • Croup
  • Foreign Body in the Eye
  • Foreign Body in the Ear
  • Foreign Body in the Nose
  • Foreign Body in the Throat or in the Air Passage
  • Foreign Body in the Food Passages
  • Insect Bites and Stings
  • Food Poisoning
  • Animal Bites
  • Poisoning by Mouth
  • Poison Control Centers
• Disaster-Caused Emergencies
  • Responsibility for care of Disaster Victims
  • Preparing for Disaster
  • Disaster Injuries and Illness
  • Care of Disaster Patients
  • What the Home Nurse May Do in Disaster
  • Resume of Disaster and Illness and Recommended Actives
• Patient Care Skills
  • General Introduction
  • Hand Washing
  • Using a Coverall Apron
  • Throat Inspection
  • Care and Use of the Clinical Thermometer
  • Points to Remember About Using the Clinical Thermometer
  • Taking the Mouth Temperature
  • Taking the Rectal Temperature
  • Taking the Auxiliary Temperature
  • Counting Pulse and Respiration
  • Using the Bedpan and the Urinal
  • Placing the Helpless Patient on the Bedpan
  • Measuring Urine Output
  • Collecting Urine Specimens
• Caring For The Patient In Bed
  • Body Mechanics and Posture
  • Positioning the Patient in Bed
  • Support for the Patient Laying in Bed
  • Support for the Patient Sitting Up in Bed
  • Moving the Patent in Bed
  • The Bed Bath
  • The Back Rub
  • Mouth Care
  • Care of Dentures
  • Brushing and Combing the Hair
  • Shampooing the Hair
  • Care of the Feet
  • Changing the Bed Linen
  • Feeding the Helpless Patient
  • Care of Dishes and Eating Utensils
• Patient Activities
  • Preparing To Get Out of Bed
  • Sitting Up Without Help
  • Getting Out of Bed and Into Chair
  • Getting into a Wheelchair and Back Into Bed
  • Using a Commode
  • Tub Bath for the Handicapped Patient
  • Tub for Ambulatory Patient
  • Points to Remember About Giving a Tub Bath
  • Preparing to Walk
  • Helping the Patent To Walk
  • Activates for the Paralyzed Patient
  • Points to Remember Bout Helping the Paralyzed Patient
  • Using Crutches
• Treatments Using Heat and Cold
  • The Effects of Heat
  • Electric Pads
  • Electric Blankets and Sheets
  • Heat Lamps
  • Ultraviolet Radiation
  • Chemical Agents
  • Hot Water Bags
  • Steam Inhalations for Adults
  • Steam Inhalations for Children
  • Points To Remember About Giving Steam Inhalations
  • Throat Irrigations
  • Enemas
  • Hot Moist Compresses
  • Paraffin Packs
  • Points To Remember About Using Heat
  • The Effects of Cold
  • Ice Bags
  • Cold Moist Compresses
  • Sponge Baths
  • Points To Remember About Using Cold
• Medications
  • General Considerations
  • Oral Medications for Adults
  • Oral Medications for Children
  • Points to Remember About Giving Medications
  • Eye Drops
  • Eye Ointments
• Emergency Treatments
  • Care of Minor Wounds
  • Care of Major Wounds
  • Points to Remember about Care of Wounds
  • Artificial Respiration - Mouth-to-Mouth or Mouth-to-nose Method
• Baby Care
  • Handling the Young Baby
  • Bathing the Baby
  • Feeding the Baby
  • Terminal Sterilization of Formula Preparation
  • Ways to Fold Diapers
• Improvised Equipment
  • Back Rests
  • Foot Supports
  • Bed Blocks
  • Bed Tables
  • Bed Cradles
  • Blanket Bathrobes
  • Shoulder Shawls
  • Newspaper Waste Containers
  • Bed Pads
  • Bedpans and Urinals
  • Cotton Applications
  • Funnels for Steam Inhalations
  • Baby Cribs
  • Door Silencers
  • Paper Drinking Cups
  • Accessory Bags
• Glossary