The role of the pediatric home healthcare nurse.

The acuity and number of children with life-threatening, life-limiting, and chronic conditions has increased dramatically over the past decade. The pediatric home care nurse needs a special body of knowledge and repertoire of tools to accurately assess, intervene, manage, evaluate, and provide resources to this most vulnerable population. Inherent in caring for these children is the need to support the family, nurturing the parents who care for chronically ill children at home.