General Medicine Clinic
Visiting Nursing Services
Home nursing services can play a central role in the ambulatory care of patients with both acute and chronic illness. In addition to home attendants and home health aides, home nursing care is an option for patients who need higher level of care and monitoring at home. A visiting nurse (RN) can - among other things – monitor vital signs, glucose logs, medication adherence, provide patient education, wound care, ostomy care, and supervise other home care professionals. Physical therapy service or home blood draws can be ordered through the same service.
There is no longer a form
requirement for outpatient referrals (July/06)! AIM patients may be referred from clinic with the new
streamlined process of simply printing out from webcis the demographic page/
and your updated clinical note with a list of Pmhx, meds, social information.
Be sure to write your name and contact number on the referral. These documents should then be put in the 3
on-site VNS referral binders in both PIC rooms and VC 205. The binders will be
checked by a representative from VNS on a daily basis.
Once
the VNS order is accepted, a printed visiting nurse service order summary will
arrive in your clinic mailbox. Please make it a habit to check your
mailbox every time you attend clinic, and sign these certification forms as
soon as you receive them. Failure to sign these forms may result in
discontinuation of services for your patient!
Questions about
eligibility and insurance status can also be referred to the AIM social work service.
The VNS web site can be found here. Their phone number is 1-888-VNS-1-call. The referral form is no longer necessary for outpatient referral, but is posted here for inpatient use.
For referral to VNSNY Hospice Care call 212-290-3888 or fax 212-390-3933