"Home Health Nursing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A nursing specialty in which skilled nursing care is provided to patients in their homes by registered or licensed practical NURSES. Home health nursing differs from HOME NURSING in that home health nurses are licensed professionals, while home nursing involves non-professional caregivers.
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D064650
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.478.676.150.500 N02.421.143.150.500 N02.421.143.524.419 N02.421.539.089.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Home Health Nursing" by people in Profiles.
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Embracing a competency-based specialty curriculum for community-based nursing roles. Public Health Nurs. 2013 Nov-Dec; 30(6):557-65.