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| Name: |
Rehabilitation Nurse |
| Description: |
The rehabilitation nurse cares for individuals who are experiencing temporary, progressive, or permanent illness or disabilities that are extensive enough to alter their normal functioning and interrupt their lifestyle. |
| Practice setting: |
Inpatient, outpatient, business and industry |
| Client age group: |
Infancy to elderly |
| Diagnoses: |
CVAs, head/spinal trauma, diabetes, orthopaedic problems |
| Practice
roles: |
Clinical-staff
nurse, clinical nurse specialist nurse case
manager
Management — nurse manager, supervisor,
coordinator
Administration — director, executive
Nurse educator
Research nurse |
| Characteristics: |
Long-term patient and colleague relationships, autonomy, independence, making a difference |
| Challenges: |
Paperwork, patient grief, difficult patient contacts, bureaucracy and financial constraints, heavy workload |
| Desirable skills: |
Medical/surgical skills, patience, flexibility, physical fitness, collaboration and teamwork, patient and family education, innovative thinking |
| Education: |
RN with AD, Diploma, or BSN (preferred) |
| Employers: |
Hospitals (including specialty hospitals), long-term care facilities, free-standing facilities |
| Certification: |
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