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Descriptor English: Home Health Nursing
Descriptor Spanish: Cuidados de Enfermería en el Hogar
Descriptor enfermería domiciliaria
Entry term(s) enfermería a domicilio
Scope note: Especialidad de enfermería en la que se presta atención domiciliaria de enfermería cualificada por medio de ENFERMERAS prácticas registradas o licenciadas. La enfermería de salud domiciliaria difiere de la ENFERMERÍA DOMICILIARIA en que las enfermeras de salud domiciliaria son profesionales licenciadas, mientras que en la enfermería domiciliaria figuran cuidadores no profesionales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Enfermagem Domiciliar
Descriptor French: Soins infirmiers à domicile
Entry term(s): Home Health Care Nursing
Nursing, Home Health
Tree number(s): H02.478.676.150.500
N02.421.143.150.500
N02.421.143.524.419
N02.421.539.089.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D064650
Scope note: A nursing specialty in which skilled nursing care is provided to patients in their homes by registered or licensed practical NURSES. Home health nursing differs from HOME NURSING in that home health nurses are licensed professionals, while home nursing involves non-professional caregivers.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Community Health Nursing (1984-2013)
Home Care Services (1984-2013)
Public MeSH Note: 2014
History Note: 2014
DeCS ID: 55416
Unique ID: D064650
NLM Classification: WY 115
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2014/01/01
Date of Entry: 2013/07/08
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Home Health Nursing - Preferred
Concept UI M0582906
Scope note A nursing specialty in which skilled nursing care is provided to patients in their homes by registered or licensed practical NURSES. Home health nursing differs from HOME NURSING in that home health nurses are licensed professionals, while home nursing involves non-professional caregivers.
Preferred term Home Health Nursing
Entry term(s) Home Health Care Nursing
Nursing, Home Health



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