Home care nurse vs home care coordinator

Differences between home care nurse and home care coordinator duties and responsibilities

Home care nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage patient care monitoring vital signs, performing physical assessment, checking patients medications for effectiveness.
• Enter the nursing profession working in an ICU step down unit, with medical and surgical patients.
• Care for many patients with complex issues with compassion and care and enhances the standard of care within the clinical area.
• Provide care for pediatric patients with chronic illnesses and pediatric ventilator and tracheostomy patients.
• Provide home dialysis services to patients receiving rehabilitation in a nursing home setting utilizing NxStage machines.
• Monitor cardiac rhythms and treat per ACLS protocols
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Home care coordinator example responsibilities.

• Manage social media accounts such as Facebook and Instagram to generate new clientele with specials, hair transformations and tutorials.
• Manage caseload by providing care coordination to individuals with a primary intellectual/developmental disability diagnosis all of whom receive community-base waiver services.
• Verify daily duty logs for completion and accuracy according to HIPAA standards
• Maintain monthly home care reports and update client service records as needed in CMS.
• Assist in obtaining and processing physician orders and documents require according to CMS guidelines.
• Maintain medical records, file HMO/Medicare budget approvals in client records, follow HIPAA guidelines.
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