Telehealth Nursing Handbook: A Complete Guide to Virtual Patient Care

The Telehealth Nursing Handbook: A Complete Guide to Virtual Patient Care is the go-to resource for today's nursing professionals who want to provide excellent care in a digital environment. This practical, evidence-based handbook equips you with real-world tools to confidently deliver telehealth services across settings-from triage and chronic disease management to post-surgical monitoring and behavioral health.

Designed for both novice and experienced nurses, this guide explains how to navigate virtual platforms, conduct remote assessments, document visits accurately, and ensure ethical and legal compliance in telehealth practice. Inside, you'll find sample scripts, communication templates, emergency protocols, and troubleshooting checklists tailored for real-time use.

Each chapter blends up-to-date clinical research with day-to-day practice strategies, making this a must-have manual for telehealth nurses, nurse practitioners, and healthcare educators. You'll also gain insight into supervising student nurses virtually, integrating wearable devices and EHRs, and adapting to future trends like AI diagnostics and hybrid care models.

This book features:

• Easy-to-follow frameworks for telehealth communication and documentation

• Case studies in remote care, including pediatric, mental health, and chronic illness scenarios

• Guidelines for legal documentation, billing, and coding for telehealth visits

• Tech literacy support tips for guiding patients online

• Continuing education resources and certification options

The Telehealth Nursing Handbook is more than a guide-it's your clinical companion in today's digital healthcare world. Perfect for nurses working in hospitals, primary care, school health, home health, correctional care, and beyond.