title: Infusion therapy in the home care setting: a clinical competency program at work.
abstract: Infusion therapy is a growing need in the home care setting, and clinicians need to be not only competent with the hands-on skills involved but also able to provide education and troubleshooting to support patients in the home. Improvements in technology, earlier discharge of sicker people, and the expanding range of skills that can be performed in the home have led to the expansion of infusion therapy in this setting. Preparing clinicians to practice infusion therapy based on standards of practice will provide quality outcomes. This article will describe how an infusion therapy clinical competency program was developed and implemented for the home care setting.
authors.affiliation: Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, USA. denise.martel@crvna.org
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martel
mesh_terms: D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000009:adverse effects; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects; D002568:Certification; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000379:methods*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D018718:Home Infusion Therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009511:New England