Registered nurses in outpatient and home care
Who they are, what they do and which devices they use: a research-based profile for recruiting this target group for MedTech and pharma projects.
Overview
Registered nurses in outpatient care look after sick people and people in need of care in their home environment. They independently assess care needs, carry overall responsibility for the nursing process and carry out the nursing interventions. On medical order they administer medicines, injections and infusions and monitor patients with medical monitoring devices. They advise on health matters and ensure continuity of treatment. They also instruct and supervise nursing assistants and trainees.
Profession by country
Fields of use and typical tasks
Specializations
Outpatient and home care: field of use of the target group Registered nurses in outpatient and home care, 8 evidence records from DE, AT, CH, US.
Devices and systems they use
- Professional blood glucose meter
- PEG feeding tube
- Nursing documentation and care planning software
- Remote patient monitoring system
- Tracheostomy tube
- Urinary (Foley) catheter
- Ambulatory infusion pump
- Pressure-relief mattress system
- Automated external defibrillator (AED)
- Personal emergency response system
- Home ventilator
- Implantable port
- IV administration set
- Continuous glucose monitoring system (CGM)
- Nasogastric tube
- Upper-arm blood pressure monitor
Who they work with
- Physicians
- Nursing assistants and nursing associates
- Hospital discharge and transition management staff
Frequently asked questions
Who plans the care for patients at home?
The registered nurse independently assesses the care needs and carries overall responsibility for the nursing process. Nursing assistants are instructed and supervised by her or him.
Do registered nurses use medical technology on home visits?
Yes. On medical order they also monitor patients with medical monitoring devices and administer injections and infusions. The sources do not name specific device types.
Where do gaps arise in home care?
After hospital discharge assistive aids are sometimes missing, relatives are at times overwhelmed with organising care, and bureaucratic processes delay necessary support.
How is documentation done?
Care records and documentation are part of the job, and nursing documentation is increasingly digital. Practitioners want information in the electronic patient record to be complete and available.
When is there time for an interview?
The sources mention work at weekends and in the evenings, a high share of part-time work and a daily routine shaped by time pressure. They do not name fixed free time slots.
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Sources
- Diplomierte Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege (DGKP), Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung (AT)
- Diplomierte/r Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger/in (AMS Berufslexikon), Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich (AMS) (AT)
- Was ambulante Pflege täglich leistet (DBfK aktuell), Deutscher Berufsverband für Pflegeberufe (DBfK) (DE)
- Strukturelle Verbesserung der Ambulanten Pflege im ländlichen Raum: Verbesserte Arbeitsabläufe durch Digitalisierung, DRK Alfeld Ambulante Pflegedienste GmbH, Projekte und Qualitätsmanagement (veröffentlicht über das Niedersächsische Ministerium für Soziales, Arbeit, Gesundheit und Gleichstellung) (DE)
- Diakonie Sozialstation (Flyer 2026), Diakonisches Werk Ingolstadt, Diakonie Sozialstation (DE)
- Richtlinien für die Förderung der Hauskrankenpflege und Heimhilfe 2025, Amt der Burgenländischen Landesregierung, Abteilung 6 Soziales und Pflege (AT)
- Karrierebroschüre Hilfswerk Niederösterreich, Hilfswerk Niederösterreich Betriebs GmbH (AT)
- Mobile Pflegedienste (Leporello), Caritas Oberösterreich, Mobile Pflegedienste (AT)
- Spitex Stadt Winterthur (Broschüre), Stadt Winterthur, Spitex (CH)
- Skilled Nursing, BayCare HomeCare, BayCare Health System, BayCare HomeCare (US)
- 42 CFR 484.75, Condition of participation: Skilled professional services, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (Wiedergabe der Bundesverordnung der Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) (US)
- Skilled Nursing Services, CharterCARE Home Health Services, CharterCARE Health Partners, CharterCARE Home Health Services (US)
- Digitalisierung der Arbeit in der ambulanten Pflege im Land Bremen: Praxis und Gestaltungsbedarfe digitaler Tourenbegleiter (Arbeit und Wirtschaft in Bremen, Nr. 25), Institut Arbeit und Wirtschaft (iaw) der Universität Bremen und Arbeitnehmerkammer Bremen (DE)
- Weiterentwicklung der ambulanten Pflege. Konzeptionelle Überlegungen für eine Sozialstation 2.0, Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Freien Wohlfahrtspflege e. V. (BAGFW) (DE)
- Tätigkeits- und Kompetenzkatalog für die mobilen Pflege- und Betreuungsdienste in der Steiermark, 3. überarbeitete Auflage, Amt der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung, Abteilung 8 Gesundheit und Pflege, Referat Pflegemanagement (AT)
- Pflege und Betreuung (Broschüre), Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Österreichs, Landesverband Wien (AT)
- Dienstleistungen und Tarife, SPITEX Thurgau Nordwest (CH)
- Unfall, kein Zufall! Arbeitssicherheit und Gesundheitsschutz in der Hilfe und Pflege zu Hause (Spitex), EKAS 6291.d, Eidgenössische Koordinationskommission für Arbeitssicherheit (EKAS) (CH)
- Q&A: Direkte Abrechnung der Pflegeleistungen, Fallbeispiele, Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG) (CH)