Hape2baRN

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1. Sub Acute vs. Rehab Hospital

   Hape2baRN replied to Huganurse's topic in Rehabilitation

   The difference in Sub Acute Rehab and Acute Rehab is the tolerance of therapy hours. Inpatient acute Rehab a patient has to be able to tolerate at least 3 hours of therapy a day. In a Sub acute Rehab setting the therapy pace is slower.

2. NURSING SHORTAGE IN LTC?

   Hape2baRN replied to Heather Plate's topic in Geriatric

   I use to work in LTC. I loved working with the elderly. Sometimes the staff were the only family they had. I was the DON over a 245 bed facility including 40 Medicare beds. The staffing situation was awful and no light at the end of the tunnel. ...