Skilled Nursing
If your loved one requires a level of care beyond what you can provide, skilled nursing may be necessary.
Licensed skilled nursing facilities provide long-term medical, nursing, and rehabilitation care.
Examples of skilled nursing care include:
- Giving intravenous injections
- Tube feeding
- Caring for patients on ventilators
- Changing sterile dressings on a wound
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