Question

Discuss the role of the professional nurse in patient monitoring with this telehealth

Answer 1

•Wherever nursing is done in a telehealth setting, nurses can monitor a patient’s oxygen levels, heart rate, respiration, blood glucose and more.

Patient consultations can also be initiated through teleconferencing within an office or telehealth facility with the nurse's assistance.

The nurse monitors the equipment and the patient while checking vital signs and performing other tests. The information is then sent for physician review. This can enable early detection, early initiation of treatment and improved patient care.

•In non-emergency situations, patient can get the nurse to take their blood pressure readings or glucose readings, for instance.

Self-measurement devices can help nurses monitor vital signs like blood pressure, blood glucose or heart rate remotely, alarms can alert nurses when patients need help at home and video conferencing can be used to monitor injury recovery.

Nurses can instruct patients as to how to dress a wound or treat a minor burn.

•Telehealth nursing focuses on patient's long-term wellness, self-management, and health of patient.

•Telemedicine Association, this information technology solution provides nursing care across a distance, empowering the care providers with the ability to monitor, educate, follow-up, collect data and provide multidisciplinary care including remote interventions, pain management, and family support in an innovative fashion.

•It has been reported that agencies using telehealth have an average patient-to-nurse ratio of 15:1, as compared with non-telehealth agencies having a ratio of 11:1

• Telehealth nursing can make a tremendous difference in providing patient care, particularly in rural or underserved areas, where there is generally a shortage of nurses and health care services.

•Home health agencies with telehealth capability caring for patient populations with chronic diseases can take care of patients in their home setting .This provides convenience and a sense of security to the patient.