The Role of the Home Care Mental Health Nurse in Identifying, Accessing, and Treating Children and Adolescents Requiring Mental Health Services

• By: Elizabeth H. Cymerman, MNH, BSN, RN-C, HNC Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester
• October 1st, 2010
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As Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon General of the US, Dr. David Satcher (2001) stated, “The burden of suffering experienced by children with mental health needs and their families has created a health crisis in this country…children are suffering needlessly because their emotional,...

Giving Care to the Caregiver: Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester

• By: Annie Balzer, RN, BSN Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester
• July 1st, 2010
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Often, the homecare nurse will encounter that once-in-a lifetime individual who has decided to take on the huge task of being the primary caregiver for an ill family member. Their motivation may vary from person to person. It may be financial, concern for the quality of care, or just wanting to be...

Schizophrenia Management as Part of Home Health Care

• By: Lisa Marie Sioufas, LCSW-R, ACSW Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester
• January 1st, 2010
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The World Health Organization has identified schizophrenia as one of the ten most debilitating diseases affecting human beings. Schizophrenia is comprised of several symptoms.  Symptoms of this illness can also be found in other mental illnesses.  However, when “the symptoms of schizophrenia...