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Skilled Nursing
Essential Medical Services is staffed with experienced RN’s and LPN’s. Our highly trained staff of professional nurses can accommodate all of your home care nursing needs.
We offer free assessments and work closely with your physician and family to determine the best course of treatment. In order for skilled nursing care to be covered by your home health benefit, a care must be necessary and ordered by your physician for your specific condition. You must be homebound and only need care on a part-time or intermittent basis (not full time).
Skilled nursing services are given by either a registered nurse (RN) or a licensed practical nurse (LPN). If you get services from a LPN, your care will be supervised by a RN.
Our home health nurses provide direct care and teach you and your caregivers about your care. They also observe, manage and evaluate your care. Examples of skilled nursing care includes tube feedings, injections, giving IV drugs, changing dressings, and teaching about prescription drugs or diabetes care.
A typical home health visit from a Certified Nursing Assistant may include:
- Skilled assessment and evaluation of your medical condition, signs and symptoms of complications or infections and your response to medications.
- Checking your vital signs and other procedures such as blood draws, suture/staple removal, dressing changes and wound care, catheter care, and pain management.
- Helping you take your medication(s).
- Teaching you about your medical condition, medications and treatments, emergency procedures and safety precautions.
Our skilled nurses will:
- Provide safe, effective care that can only be given by a licensed professional.
- Evaluate and monitor your medical conditions.
- Perform skilled procedures and teach you and your caregivers about medications, treatments, and conditions.
