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The 2024 INS Standards: What’s in It for Home Care? [virtual]
The practice of home infusion therapy continues to grow with an expanding base of research to guide practice. Recognizing this, a new Standard, Home Infusion Therapy, was added to the 2024 Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice. This new Standard provides guidance for safe transitioning of patients to home infusion and safe practices for a variety of home infusion therapies. This Standard also addresses patient education and ongoing monitoring. In this session, we will detail this new Standard as well as how to incorporate guidance from additional Standards with applicability to home infusion therapy.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Summarize patient-related and organizational factors to be considered when planning for home infusion.
- Examine environmental safety issues that potentially impact the plan for home care.
- Evaluate benefits, issues, and risks associated with the various categories of infusion therapies that can be administered in the home.
- Identify important aspects of patient assessment and ongoing monitoring.
- Recognize the importance of patient/caregiver education and support as critical to safe home infusion therapy.
Contact Hours: 1
CRNI® RUs: 2
Lisa Gorski, MS, RN, HHCNS-BC, CRNI®, FAAN
Lisa Gorski, MS, RN, HHCNS-BC, CRNI®, FAAN, has worked for more than 35 years as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) and educator for Wheaton Franciscan Home Health and Hospice, which is now Ascension at Home. As a CNS, she developed a home infusion therapy program in collaboration with the pharmacy and continues to provide infusion-related education for home care nurses as well as direct patient care. Ms Gorski received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing. She is the author of several books and more than 7 book chapters and journal articles. She is an INS past president (2007-2008), past Chair of the Infusion Nurses Certification Corporation (INCC) Board of Directors and has served as the chair of the INS Standards of Practice Committee for the 2011, 2016, and 2021 editions and Co-Chair for the 2024 Standards. Ms Gorski was also the Chair for the 2017 and 2024 INS Vesicant Task Force. She was inducted as a fellow into the American Academy of Nursing in 2006, named the CRNI® of the year by INCC, and named 2011 CNS of the Year by the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists. Ms Gorski speaks nationally and internationally on standards development, infusion therapy/vascular access, and home health care. Over the years, she has addressed the Standards in multiple presentations in the US, China, Europe, and Middle Eastern African and Latin American countries.
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