Drivers of home health nursing profession

Abstract

Introduction: It is important to determine the perceived factors of home health nursing professionals which are the drivers of home health nursing as a profession in developing countries. Objectives: To identify the variables driving the growth of the home care nursing profession. Methodology: Responses of 150 home health nursing professionals is processed with factor analysis. Result: Analysis reveals that the three factors together explained 45.6 percent variation in the data. Conclusion: The identified factors are “Comparative benefits over hospital care”, “Exclusive benefits of home healthcare”, and “Holistic view linking hospital care and home healthcare.”.