Private Nursing - Getting Back to Care
The Nursing Profession, the Key to our Healthcare System, is Facing a Crisis
There are simply not enough Nurses to support our healthcare needs. And while it might be easy to blame COVID, this is an issue that has been building for some time — COVID simply pushed it to its breaking point. The other culprit is insufficient staffing, which leads to exhaustion and physical stress. To try to remedy the situation, the healthcare system is redirecting this critical Nursing resource away from its intended purpose, Care, and into an administrative function. Why? They often don’t have a choice; they need a short-term fix. However, the result is a vicious cycle, where moral distress is driving people out of the Nursing Profession and exacerbating the issue.
Nursing’s Intended Purpose not being Achieved
“Every nurse was drawn to nursing because of a desire to care, to serve, or to help.”
—Christina Feist-Heilmeier, RN
People do not get into Nursing because it is an easy job, they get into Nursing because they care. They want to help and make a positive impact on the world one person at a time. By diluting that purpose, the healthcare system loses its effectiveness. It reduces patient safety and increases risk of medical errors. For hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, it actually increases length of stays while also reduces experience scores. Its going in the wrong direction.
Private Nursing – Getting back to Care
Private Nursing helps alleviate this viscous cycle. By redirecting nursing back to its core purpose, Nurses can focus on the Patient. And not just as a skilled nursing task but as a person who needs support with their health or medical needs but in the context of a quality of life. Without the administrative overhang of Medicare and Insurance, Nurses can better connect and care as a person.
Private Nursing Care in the Home – Focused Support
Moving Private Nursing Care into the home also allows for better resource allocation. Healthcare needs are highly unpredictable. They can happen at any time and anywhere and they may require a specific solution or capability. Rather than try to predict that in advance, Private Nursing looks to organize and assemble the right resources to more easily serve Patients’ needs.
It is the Nursing Resource that is the limited resource. By embracing the unpredictability of needs, Private Nursing in the home organizes around the Nurses’ capabilities and availability. This leads to greater utilization, more focused support, and ultimately to better outcomes for both Patients and the Healthcare System.
The Importance of Nursing
Nursing may be the noblest of all professions. It is incredibly difficult. It requires calm, collected action in the face of crisis. It requires compassion in the face of fear and even anger. It requires care without the expectation of gratitude. It is not so much a profession, as it is a role in life, a role that defines what it means to truly give. Without Nursing Care, we can not have Health Care. It is the driving force that connects our health with our humanity.
“As a nurse we have the opportunity to heal the mind, soul, heart, and body of our patients. They may forget your name, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”
—Maya Angelou
Private Nursing can take a on several schedule types that may appeal to different Nurses, either as a focused job or as a supplement and complement to a hospital or facility-based position. Some schedule types include:
Full-time nursing support at Home - Not only to provide the direct care support, but also to monitor any underlying health conditions and to provide skilled nursing services when and if needed.
Scheduled but periodic Nursing Care – Both ongoing or as part of extended rehabilitation.
PRN Nursing – In conjunction with other types of care.
Private Nursing can also provide a variety of skilled nursing tasks, where specific nurses may have a unique capability, particular strength, or even general preference. Some of these include:
Advanced Wound Care (Decubiti)
Infusion Therapy (IV Therapy)
Medication Management
Respiratory Therapy (BiPap, CPap)
Foley Catheter
Feeding Tube Management
Furthermore, Private Nursing can be focused on specific health conditions where Nurses may have a particular specialty or wealth of experience. These can include:
Cancer Care
Bariatric Surgery Recovery
Seizure Disorder
Tramatic Brain Injury (TBI) Recovery
Surgery Recovery
Special Needs Children
Parkinson’s Care
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Stroke Recovery
Comorbidities
Nursing Opportunities at Broad Street
Broad Street Home Care is a client-centered private nursing agency that provides health solutions for patients and clients who want to stay in their home. If you got into Nursing because you have a passion for care, come talk to us. We can connect you with one of our other Nurses, who can walk you through a day in the life. And we can learn more about you, and what you want to do as a Nurse.
Call us at 847-728-0134 or email us at jobs@BroadStrethomecare.com
