title: Safe on the home watch.
abstract: For some children with heart conditions anticoagulation is mandatory. A pioneering, nurse-led service allows families to monitor blood at home, saving them repeated hospital visits. Home monitoring requires careful family selection and training. Warfarin doses are adjusted by the hospital team when families phone in their results.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016903:Drug Monitoring / Q000451:nursing*; D004739:England; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D012646:Self Administration / Q000451:nursing; D012944:Social Support
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants