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Mary Narayan1, Cindy Farris, Marilyn D Harris

  • 1Mary Narayan, MSN, RN, HHCNS-BC, CTN-A, is a Home Health Clinical Nurse Specialist, Narayan Associates, Vienna, Virginia. Cindy Farris, PhD, MPH, CNE, is the Director of Undergraduate Nursing, Department of Nursing, Indiana Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Marilyn D. Harris, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, is the Retired Executive Director, Abington Memorial Hospital Home Care & Hospice, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. She is a current author and editor, Warminster, Pennsylvania. Fong Yoke Hiong, MSC, RN, is an Assistant Director of Nursing, Hua Mei Centre for Successful Ageing, Tsao Foundation, Singapore. Acknowledgements: The authors of this article-the taskforce leaders for the Guidelines-wish to acknowledge and thank the nurses who helped develop this article: Carol Long, PhD, RN, FPCN, FAAN, and Barbara Piskor, MPH, BSN, RN, NEA-BC. Also, special thanks to Denise McEnroe-Petitte, PhD, MSN, BSN, AS, RN, for her work on the Glossary accompanying the Guidelines.

Home Healthcare Now
|September 28, 2017
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Home healthcare nursing is a growing specialty. An international network of nurses developed global practice guidelines to support this vital field, ensuring consistent, high-quality patient care worldwide.

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