Home Care Nurse Courses

Home Care Nurses provide nursing support and personal care services to patients in their own homes — either a private home or residential care facility. Both Registered Nurses (RNs) and Enrolled Nurses (ENs) can work in home care nursing roles, but ENs will focus more on personal care services (eg, showering, grooming, toileting) whereas RNs can administer injections, medication, and advanced treatments.

As a Home Care Nurse you could be taking a client’s blood pressure and recording in the record’s system, changing a dressing, assessing the needs of a client who has just returned home from the hospital and is awaiting surgery, discussing the deterioration of a patient with their family, liaising with a doctor about the condition of a patient, delivering a flu vaccination, or just having a friendly chat and a cup of tea when you arrive at a patient’s home.

To be successful in this role you will need to be a qualified and confident nurse and have outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.