title: Transitional care: exploring the home healthcare nurse's role in medication management.
abstract: During times of transition, the pharmaceutical care patients receive is often suboptimal and wrought with danger. Home healthcare nurses play a pivotal and important role in providing transitional care to patients by identifying and resolving medication discrepancies. Nurses must partner with pharmacists, physicians, and others involved with care transitions to decrease the likelihood of patients experiencing untoward health consequences associated with medications.-Eric A. .
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Elder Services, Spokane, Washington 99217-6131, USA. ssetter@smhca.org
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Setter
authors.forename: Cynthia F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Corbett
authors.forename: Joshua J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Neumiller
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D054539:Medication Therapy Management; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010351:Patient Discharge