Home Care
We Asked 5 Recently Hired Home Care Nurses the Same 5 Questions. Here’s What They Said!
May 14, 2024–To celebrate National Nurses Month, we asked several of our Home Care nurses the same 5 questions. To see how they answered, scroll down here below, or click on a name to go directly that nurse’s answers. Furdicia Morancie, VNS Health nurse since October 2022 What did you do prior to working at VNS Health? I worked in a private dermatology business and at a skilled nursing facility. What’s your favorite thing about nursing? Making a difference every day in the lives of my patients. I can directly see the outcome of my work. What’s one of the most rewarding parts of caring for people in their homes? Helping patients live safely at home, honestly. They are so happy to have a nurse come in—sometimes we’re the only person they see all day. What’s one thing that has surprised you about working at VNS Health? How welcome and well taken
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OT Cecile Hall Joins BronxNet TV for Occupational Therapy Month
April 26, 2023–
Occupational Therapy Team Members Share Some of Their Most Memorable Cases
April 24, 2023–April is National Occupational Therapy Month—a time when we recognize the essential work that VNS Health occupational therapists (OTs) and Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants (COTAs) do in addressing the practical functions involved with activities of daily living. Whether it’s training a stroke patient how to get dressed on their own again or teaching a knee-replacement client how to shower safely, their mission is to help patients regain the independence they need in order to live safely and comfortably in their homes and communities. To get an inside look at the miracles—big and small—they perform every day, we asked a few VNS Health occupational therapy team members to share a time when they made a difference in their patients’ lives—and vice versa. “Every time I see her, she’s made some improvement.” —Anne Chen, Occupational Therapist, Manhattan “It’s very fulfilling when a patient progresses and you see some return in function. I
McKnights Spotlights Director of VNS Health NFP and Pinnacle Awardee Carol Odnoha
April 17, 2023–
NYN Media Puts Spotlight on VNS Health NFP as Part of Black Maternal Health Week
April 17, 2023–
OT Bernadette Timko Shares Tips and Advice for Osteoporosis Patients in Long Island Weekly
April 13, 2023–
IT and Home Care Needed to Pivot. To Learn What They Did, Take Our Quiz!
March 27, 2023–In the latest episode of “20 Minutes with Dan”, CEO Dan Savitt examined how pivots are key to shaping VNS Health’s future. Recently, our IT and Home Care teams needed to pivot. Here’s the situation and three possible pivots. Take our quiz to see if you would’ve chose the pivot our IT and Home Care teams took. The Pivot Situation: Note: Two of these answers below are fictional and are not actual solutions that were considered by the IT and Home Care teams—they were invented by Frontline for the purposes of this quiz.
Currently, a Patient’s Sepsis History Is Invisible to Home Care Clinicians. Our Research Center Wants to Change That.
March 16, 2023–Sepsis is a dangerous condition that kills several hundred thousand Americans annually. It occurs when the body’s own immune system responds to an infection with a massive overreaction. Some 1.4 million sepsis survivors are discharged from U.S. hospitals each year, and about 40% of these patients end up back in the hospital within 90 days due to reinfection or lingering effects of the sepsis episode. Making the Case for a New “Sepsis Aftercare” ICD Code To improve outcomes for sepsis patients following hospital discharge, earlier this month, researchers from our VNS Health Center for Home Care Policy & Research and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing met with a committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to make the case for adding a new “Sepsis aftercare” diagnostic code to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) listing. The researchers’ recommendation was based on what they discovered when
Yvonne Eaddy, Elizer Cooper-Audain, Monica Cayemitte, and Alice Rainford Win HCA 2023 Trailblazer Award for Nurse Residency Program
March 13, 2023–
Social Work Team Members Share How They Make A Difference!
March 6, 2023–March is Social Work Month. At VNS Health, our social work team consists of social workers, counselors, care managers and social service team members. In honor of the month and the excellent care they provide, we asked a few of them… “How do you make a difference in your patients, members, and clients’ lives?” To VNS Health’s more than 350 social work team members, Happy Social Work Month and thank you!