Rehabilitation care is aimed at recovery and becoming as independent as possible again. I help clients reach that goal and ensure good coordination within the treatment team.
After a hospital admission, operation or serious illness, clients often need time to regain their strength. In rehabilitation care, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and doctors work together towards one goal: back home, or to a life that is as independent as possible.
The nurse has a role of her own in this. She helps the client practise in daily life what has been learned in therapy, and monitors the physical side, such as wound healing, pain and medication. You can read more about that role in the article the nurse in rehabilitation care.
I encourage clients to do what they can themselves, even when it would be quicker to take over. That calls for patience and clear agreements in the team, so every shift supports the client in the same way.
A rehabilitation period has a beginning and an end. That makes planning and goals extra important: every day counts towards recovery. If someone in the team drops out, you do not want clients' progress to stall. With temporary cover I make sure nursing support continues, in line with the treatment plan. I communicate clearly with the therapists, so they know what I have seen in the care and the client hears the same message.
Related services: nursing cover and consistent working agreements.
I support clients so that step by step they do more themselves, in line with their treatment goals.
I follow the advice of the treatment team and pass on what I see in daily care.
I think along about what a client needs at home and ensure a clear handover to the next care provider.
Questions about my work in rehabilitation care.
I make sure that what is practised in therapy comes back in daily care, and monitor the nursing side of recovery.
Yes. Wound care is common in rehabilitation. I work according to your organisation's protocol and report clearly on progress.
Yes. Consistent agreements on how clients are supported are important in rehabilitation. That can be part of the assignment.
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