Rehabilitation Nursing
Rehabilitation nursing, a specialty of professional nursing, provides care to persons of all ages in order to facilitate recovery of functional abilities, prevent complications, and restore optimal wellness. Comprehensive rehabilitative care is provided to patients with a broad spectrum of medical diagnoses and acuity in a collaborative, interdisciplinary, healthcare model.
Rehabilitation nurses at Good Shepherd vigilantly assess, plan, perform, evaluate, and coordinate rehabilitative and medical care—around the clock—with a particular emphasis on the dignity and value of each person we serve. Our average daily ratio is one registered nurse to five patients. This enables us to provide clinical excellence and compassionate care—the foundation of Good Shepherd’s reputation.
Rehabilitation Nursing Program
- Transfer skills
- Ambulation
- Application of splints, pylons, and CPM machines
- Bed mobility
- Daily living activities
- Dysphagia eating techniques
- Memory improvement techniques
- Communication with aphasic patients
- Safety awareness and fall prevention
- Continence training
- Cognitive/linguistic treatment
- Behavior management
- Crisis prevention and intervention
- Health maintenance
Program Specialties Include:
- Complex wound management
- Burn care
- Enterostomal care
- Decubitis care
- Respiratory support services
- Tracheotomy management
- Oxygen therapy
- Chest physiotherapy
- Energy conservation techniques
- Infection prevention and management
- Management of metabolically compromised patients receiving renal dialysis and CAPD
- Management of cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and radiation
- Intravenous therapy: Central and peripheral
- Continuous heparin
- Blood products
- Intermittent antibiotics
- TPN
- Emergency medical support
- Cardiorespiratory emergency protocols
- Management of autonomic dysreflexia
- Nutrition management
- NG tubes
- Peg tubes
- Medication management
- Patient and family education
- Group and individual teaching sessions
- Multimedia instructional methods: video, audio, models, demonstrations
- Patient education literature
- Individual home reference information
For more information on rehabilitation nursing at Good Shepherd, e-mail us today or call 1-888-44-REHAB (24 hours a day, 365 days a year). |
