Proposta de protocolo para enfermeiros da Estratégia da Saúde da Família para primeira visita domiciliar ao recém-nascido / Proposed protocol for nurses of the Family Health Strategy for the first home visit to the newborn

Os protocolos são acordos estabelecidos em entidades ou em alguns serviços que devem ser seguidos com padronização na execução das práticas pelos profissionais que estão frentes a instituição. Diante da função do protocolo, acredita-se que a proposta da construção do instrumento será proveitosa para os profissionais e para o RN e família, no sentido de nortear a avaliação no momento da visita domiciliar. Uma vez que isso poderá facilitar no acompanhamento desses RN na visita domiciliar, bem como atende a proposta do Ministério da Saúde, para que o RN receba a primeira visita domiciliar na primeira semana de vida a fim de diminuir riscos e complicações para o seu crescimento e desenvolvimento saudáveis

A review of the present state and future policy alternatives for home visit nursing services in Korea.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to describe the current state of home visit nursing services in the Korean context and to suggest future policy directions. DESIGN: First, the three home visit nursing services that have developed in Korea are compared using the analytic framework provided by Gilbert and Terrell in 2012. The framework is based on four dimensions of social welfare: users, services, source of funds, and service delivery process. Second, we perform a strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat analysis to suggest comprehensive and constructive home visit nursing service policies for the future. RESULTS: Specifically, we advocate the creation of an organization that steers the central government to operate an integrated management organization to distribute services and reduce redundancy for preventing the waste of both medical and state financial resources. This study also recommends the development of educational programs to improve the quality of services and service evaluation criteria for the objective assessment of those services. CONCLUSIONS: These policy guidelines may prove useful both for Korea and for other countries that intend to prepare or revise their home visit nursing service systems.

The effect of telemonitoring at home on quality of life and self-care behaviors of patients with heart failure.

Heart failure (HF) is a costly chronic disease that affects 5.7 million people in the United States. Home healthcare agencies are implementing initiatives to reduce hospitalizations and manage HF patients at home. In this study, telemonitoring improved patients' perception of their quality of life and assisted them to sustain critical self-care behaviors. Patients who were monitored had fewer hospitalizations but telemonitoring was not statistically significant in lowering hospitalizations.