title: Specialty nursing improves home care.
abstract: With shorter hospital stays, patients arrive home sicker and consequently require specialized equipment and complex nursing procedures. To provide care efficiently to such patients, nurses need expert knowledge and skills. The specialty nurse is best prepared to managed complex cases in home care. The cost of specialty training is well worth the results: better care at a lower cost.
authors.affiliation: Egan Healthcare Services, Metairie, LA, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Nemcek
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Egan
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce