Skilled nursing care is a high level of medical and household care provided by trained personnel, such as a nurse.
What are the Objectives of the Nursing Process?
First of all, ensuring an acceptable quality of life for the patient, depending on his condition. Secondly, Prevention, relief, and minimization of the patient’s problems. Thirdly, assistance to the patient and his family with maladjustment associated with illness or injury.
Another crucial factor is supporting or restoring the patient’s independence in meeting basic needs.
Skilled nursing services can include but are not limited to:
- Treatments and injections Dressing change
- Catheter care
- Diabetic teaching
- Drawing blood and lab work
- Wound care
- I.V.
- Supervision of medications
- Restorative care
- Respiratory care
- Family/patient health teaching and counseling
- Pre-op and Post-op care Ostomy care
