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acti
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onerorGP(
somet
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Dist
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tshouseboundpat ient
ssuchas
recentlydischargedhospi talpatient
s,to
changedr essings,suchasul cer
dressings, orvulnerablepeople,someof
whom woul dneedt obei nacar ehomeor
hospitaliftherewer enodi st
rictnurses.A
Distri
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,
ratherthani nahospi tal.
Ment
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se speci
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zesi
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andcar
esfor
peopl
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enci
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i
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li
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se assistsandt reat
scar di
acpat i
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swho
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ingf r
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ngtomanage
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downamor ehear t
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ses workinGPsurgeri
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reat
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h
educati
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opatientsofal
lages.
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seuni
tmanager
s managesandsuper v
isesteams
ofnurseswi thinheal
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it
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i
ncludingpubl i
chospital
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healt
hcl i
nics,agedcarehomes, orany
otherfaci
li
ties.
Sur
gicalNur
se careforpat i
ent sbef ore,dur ing,and
aftersur [Link] seswi llprepare
thepat ientforsur ger y
, other sserv eduring
theact ual procedur eand
additi
onal nurseswor kint her ecov ery
area.
Tr
iageNur
se isar egi ster
ednur seposi t i
onedi nan
emer gencyr oom ( ER)orf aci li
tyandi s
responsi bleforassessi ngpat i
entsand
determi ningt heirlevelofneedf ormedi cal
assistance.
Phy
siot
her
api
st helppat ientsaf fectedbyi njury,il
l
ness, or
disabil
ityt hr
oughmov ementandexer ci
se,
manual therapy ,educat ion,andadv i
ce.
Occupat
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her
api
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it
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tasksathomeandatwor [Link] sabil
i
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physicalorment
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icul
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mally,
forexampl e,
bli
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Soci
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ker Helpspeopletosolv
et hei
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probl
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hchal l
engesinever
y
stageofthei
rli
ves.—f orexample,poor
housingorunemployment—orf amily
probl
ems.
He/ Shedev el
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mprovet he
patients’well
-bei
ngandassi
stspati
entsin
adjustmentt ochangesandchal
lengesin
theirli
ves.
SchoolNurseorSpeci
ali
stCommuni
ty supportsst udentsuccessbypr ovidi
ng
Publi
cHealthNurse healt
hcar et hroughassessment ,
i
nterventi
on, andf oll
ow- upforallchi
ldr
en
withi
nt heschool set
[Link] isto
i
mpr ovet heheal thandwel l
bei
ngof
chil
drenandy oungpeopl e.
Lact
ationConsul
tant isanur singpr ofessional whohelpsnew
momsi nt heireffortst obreastf
eed,and
al
sopr ovidepr enatal educati
onand
preparati
onf orexpect i
ngcouples.
Sy
stemsofCar
e
Systemsofcare Def i
ni t
ion
Foll
ow-upcar
e carepr ov i
dedf orapat i
entaf termedical
orsur gicaltreatment .
Tr
ansi
ti
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car
e carei nv olvedwhenapat ientl eavesone
careset ting(i.
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al,nursinghome,
assistedl iv
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ty,SNF( skill
ednursi
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faci
lit
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, pri
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health,orspeci alist
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another .
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es;e.
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curat
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car
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i
at i
vecareorhospi
ce,or
per
sonal
residencetoassi
stedli
vi
ng.
[Link];
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,gener
ali
sttoa
speci
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stpracti
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Nur
singHome isafaci
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tyfortheresi
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di
sabl
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lywhocanno
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veathomeandneedongoi nghel
p
wit
heverydaytasksorhealt
hcare.
Anur singhomemayal sober ef
erredto
asski ll
ednur singf acil
ity( SNF),l
ong-term
caref acil
iti
es,oldpeopl e's
home,agedcar ehome, resthome,
resident ialagedcar e
facili
ty ,conv alescent
homes, orconv alescentcar e.
Rehabi
li
tat
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er Af aci l
it
ywher eapat i
entwhohas
sust ainedphy sicaltraumacanr ecuperat
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andr edev elopmuscul arcont r
oland
[Link] hrough
phy sical therapyand
rehabi li
[Link] li
tation, i
nthiscase,
referst ophy si
cal medi cineand
rehabi li
[Link] eferto
subst anceabuseorcr imi nal
rehabi li
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neand
rehabi li
tationincludev ari
oust herapiesto
hel
papersonrest
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njur
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herapi
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Phy
sical
ther
apy
Occupat
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ther
apy
Speecht
her
apy
Pal
li
ati
vecar
e i
sspeci al
izedmedi calcareforpeople
l
ivi
ngwi thaser iousort erminali
ll
ness.
Thistypeofcar eisf ocusedonpr ov i
ding
rel
ieffr
om t hesy mpt omsandst ressof
theil
[Link] istoimprovet he
quali
tyoflifeforbot hthepat i
entandt he
family.
Ret
ir
ementHome i
samul ti
-resi
dencehousi ngfaci
li
ty
i
ntendedf ortheel derlyandoffersmedi cal
servi
cesonst andbyf orresi
dents.
Ar et i
rementhomedi ffersf rom anur sing
homepr imar ilyint hel ev elofmedi cal care
given.I ft heseni ori si ndependent ,a
retir
ementhomei sar ightchoi cefor
them, butanur singhomewi llbebet ter
suitedf oranel derlypat i
entwhoneeds
round- t
he- clocknur singcar eor
assi stance.
Communi
tyHeal
thCent
re Aheal thcar ecent er ,heal t
hcent er,
orcommuni tyheal thcent eri soneofa
net wor kofcl i
nicsst affedbyagr oupof
gener al pract i
tioner sandnur sespr oviding
heal thcar eser vicest opeopl einacer tain
area.
Respi
tecar
e Thegoal ofr espi t
ecar ei st opr ovide
tempor aryr eliefforapr i
mar ycar egiver,
enabl ingt hecar ert ot akeamuch- needed
breakf rom t hedemandsofcar egivinga
sick, agi ng, ordi sabl edl ov edoneorf ami l
y
member .
Phy
sicalt
her
apy Al soknownasphy siother apy ,Phy si
cal
Ther apyusesspeci allydesi gned
exer cisesandequi pmentt ohel ppat i
ents
regai nori mpr ovet hei rphy sical abili
ti
es.
Occupat
ionalt
her
apy isai medatt reat i
ngt hingst hatkeep
pat i
ent sf rom doi ngdai l
yt asks, ranging
from si mpl et askst ocompl exj ob
activ i
[Link] ofOccupat ional
therapyi st ohel ppat i
ent sr egai n
i
ndependencei nanyar eaofl if
et hathas
beenadv ersel yimpact edduet oa
disabil
it
yormedi calconditi
on.
Speecht
her
apy i
st heassessmentandt reatmentof
communi cat
ionproblemsandspeech
disorders.I
tisperf
ormedbyspeech-
l
anguagepat hol
ogist
s( SLPs) ,
also
refer
redt oasspeecht herapists.
