Visiting nurses, or home health nurses, regardless of their places of employment, also carry out these functions and may in addition, give physical care and treatments. With the advent of much earlier discharge from hospitals, patients are quite a bit sicker when they go home, and these nurses are required to know how to care for the acutely ill. If the nurse assessment indicates that such care does not require professional nurse  services, home health aides/homemakers may be assigned to a patient/family, with nurse supervision and reassessment. Visiting nurses have also set up clinics that they visit periodically in senior citizen centers or apartments, as well as in the single-room occupancy（SRO） hotels commonly used for welfare clients in large cities. There are also many liaison roles with hospitals, health maintenance organizations（HMOs）, clinics, geriatric units, and various residences for the long-term disabled and mentally ill or retarded, primarily to assist in admission and discharge planning, as well as coordinating continuing patient care.

访视护士或家庭保健护士，无论他们受雇于何处，均履行上述职能。另外，还可以给予身体护理和治疗。因为随着患者越来越早出院，与以往相比，患者在出院时虚弱很多，因此护士需要知道如何照顾急性病患。如果护土的评估提示患者不需要专业照护，可为患者或家庭分派家庭保健或生活照护员，当然护土要进行监督和再次评估。访视护士也可建立诊所，定期到老年中心、公寓以及大城市里为那些享受福利的患者提供服务的单间旅馆进行访视。他们还联络医院、卫生保健组织、门诊、老年中心和为长期残疾和智力残障患者服务的机构，主要帮助制订入院和出院计划，并对患者的持续照护进行协调。