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Physicians' capability in home health practice
— home help nurses' perceptions | | Author(s) | Cheryl E Woodson, Joe Feinglass, Rael Slavensky |
| Journal title | Home Health Care Services Quarterly, vol 17, no 4, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 25-38 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Home nursing ; District nurses ; Attitude ; Interaction [welfare services] ; General practitioners ; Performance ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | To better understand the interactions between doctors and home health nurses, the authors surveyed 86 registered visiting nurses from seven Chicago area home health agencies who averaged 25 home visits and more than one hour of direct contact with general practitioners (GPs) weekly. Their views were assessed in a 90-item survey on agency characteristics, degree of interaction with doctors, and ratings of GPs' capabilities across multiple dimensions of home health practice. While most nurses (72%) felt that GPs responded adequately to emergencies and respected them as colleagues (70%), more than 70% of respondents did not agree that doctors were adequately trained in home health. Most respondents rated GPs negatively on patient education, cross-coverage and availability, discharge planning, support and medical supply services, and insurance issues. Respondents' years of home health experience correlated negatively, and degree of contact with GPs correlated positively with GPs' capabilities. Nurses can provide important insights for improving GPs' effectiveness in home health care practice and management. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990826247 A |
| Classmark | N4: QTG: DP: QK6: QT6: 5H: 7T |
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