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| Setting expectations
from the beginning with our patients and families is a cornerstone to our
success. It is important that beginning prior to admission that each is aware
of the real and subtle differences between Acute Care and Post Acute Care.
Utilizing a process called “Quality Expectation Setting”, each facility is
charged to ensure the patients and their families are comfortable in the
setting to which they have just been admitted. The real differences are notably
with the primary caretaker at the bedside. While in the hospital, professional
(RN) as well as LP/LV Nurses in all probability delivered the majority of the
care. In the post acute setting the primary care giver with be the Certified
Nursing Assistant, who is directly supervised by both RN’s and LP/LV Nurses.
Patients admitted to our setting are generally more stable than in acute care
and require less of the “technology” that an acute care institution can
provide, never the less, there will at all times be a licensed nurse available
to direct the care.
As stated earlier, the Post Acute Setting is capable of handling many higher
acuity patients. In addition we strive to include the latest technology to
assist our nurses in obtaining required assessment data earlier. An exaqmple of
this would be Point of Care Testing, utilizing new technology that provides
beside results of PT INR and UA.
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