acute rehab at magnet hospital?

[happy2017]

I got a call from a magnet hospital for acute rehab RN position and was wondering how it is different from rehab hospital. 

[Hannahbanana, BSN, MSN]

Acute rehab is just that: acute, often short-term stays for people who need buffing before they can go home (like for joint replacement, after vent weaning, or big surgery)or to permanent placement elsewhere.

In some the definition expands to include more treatments, gadgetry, etc. that's more often seen in a straight rehab unit, perhaps dialysis, TPN, trachs and vents.

Ask them what their patient population is.

[sharklady]

I started as a New grad on the Acute Rehab Unit. Our patient population was largely comprised of post stroke patients but also included SCI, TBI, those recovering from amputations, joint replacements, massive trauma, degenerative diseases like Guillaine-Barre, Myasthenia Gravis, even Leprosy! What the common factor among all these different cases was the fact that they all had to participate in a minimum of 3 hours of  active therapy per day if not more. Many disciplines work together PT, OT, SLP, Hospitalists and Physiatrists and of course nursing. On my unit they would stay usually from a week to a month. These patients are complex and the program is grueling for many of them but you get to see some truly amazing progress sometimes.