District Nursing

Home hospital (Kotisairaala)

Home hospital offers hospital care at home, nursing home or in group homes.

Works 24/7

The goal of the home hospital is to shorten the hospital stay by improving the speed of hospital discharge.

Home hospital offers these procedures at patient's home

IV medications

IV fluids and IV nutrition

Red blood cell transfusions

Testing

Wound, burn and skin graft treatments and care

PEG care

Palliative and end of life care

Home care (Kotihoito)

Community Nurse

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References

Home hospital
Suomi.fi (2020) Kotisairaala. https://www.suomi.fi/palvelut/kotisairaala-siun-sote-pohjois-karjalan-sosiaali-ja-terveyspalvelujen-kuntayhtyma/68bf37a1-1fe5-49bf-86a7-2cc988bbbe01 (Accessed on 19.07.2021)


Sosiaali ja terveysministerio (2021) Kotisairaanhoito ja kotisairaalahoito. https://stm.fi/kotisairaanhoito-kotisairaalahoito (Accessed on 19.07.2021)

The goal of home care is to enable the elderly person to live at home as long as possible

Home care assists the elderly person with daily life activities such as washing dressing and eating.

Home care
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (2021) Home care. https://thl.fi/en/web/ageing/older-people-services-undergoing-a-change/home-care (Accessed on 19.07.2021)


InfoFinland (2021) Elderly. https://www.infofinland.fi/en/living-in-finland/family/elderly (Accessed on 19.07.2021)


Home care encompasses home services, home nursing and support services.

The main tasks include

basic care - such as checking temperature, blood pressure and breathing

administering injections

assisting doctors with examinations and medical procedures

cleaning and dressing wounds

setting up intravenous drips and monitoring ongoing care

:Also educational and advisory role for patients and their families in the community

Community nurses work outside of the hospital providing the nursing care and expertise in the community

Community nursing
Ervin, N.E. and Kulbok, P.A. (2018) Advanced public and community health nursing practice : population assessment, program planning, and evaluation. New York: Springfield Publishing Company


Sines, D: (2014) Community and public health nursing. (5th Edtion). New Jersey: Willey Blackwell.

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