Working in home healthcare and suggestions for development. Issue 4 (2nd October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vaartio-Rajalin, Heli; Näsman, Yvonne; Santamäki-Fischer, Regina; Hemberg, Jessica
• Is Part Of: Home health care services quarterly. Volume 38:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 257
• Page End: 269
• Publication Date: 2019-10-02
• Subjects: Home healthcare -- working experiences -- shifts -- interviews -- suggestions for development; Home care services -- Periodicals; Home care services -- United States -- Periodicals; Home Care Services -- Periodicals; 362.14
• DOI: 10.1080/01621424.2019.1641450
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0162-1424

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In order to describe nurses' experiences of working in home health care and their suggestions for the development of this public health-care sector, interviews with 18 home health-care nurses were analyzed with qualitative thematic content analysis. The nurses perceived the working shifts either affirmative or non-affirmative, depending on the contextual and organizational factors affecting nurses' workload. The more the nurses perceived they could influence their work, the more engaged they were in patient-related nursing activities, patient-centeredness, collaboration, and forward planning. Several concrete suggestions for the development of home healthcare on the organizational, interprofessional, team and individual levels were given.