Rehabilitation Nursing at Johns Hopkins Hospital
Rehabilitation nursing services focus on:
- preventing secondary disability
- enhancing function of affected systems
- enhancing function of unaffected systems
- facilitating adaptation
By following a process of assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification and evaluation, rehabilitation nurses make specific recommendations and help to design a plan of care suited to the patient’s individual needs.
Special care for people with special needs
It is a privilege to support patients in their unique recovery goals, and to involve and empower them in care decisions. Rehabilitation nursing at Johns Hopkins Hospital is committed to improving each patient's health, functioning, quality of life and productivity regardless of disability.
Through the delivery of expert, compassionate care, the provision of teaching, guidance, and support, and the coordination of interdisciplinary team efforts, Rehabilitation nursing makes this promise a reality: special care for people with special needs.
What is rehabilitation nursing?
Rehabilitation nursing is a specialty which relies on sound theoretic foundations and scientific knowledge to work with clients and their families to:
- set patient goals for maximum levels of interdependent functioning and activities of daily living (ADLs)
- encourage self-care, prevent complications and further disability
- strengthen positive coping behaviors
- make certain access with continuity of services and care
- promote optimal quality of life
- improve outcomes for clients
- participate in reforms in the character, structure and delivery of health care in the United States.
In cases requiring the special skills and knowledge of a physician, our trained staff of expert physiatrists (rehabilitation physicians) are available for consultation.
For more information about rehabilitation nursing, please contact:
Sue Verrillo, RN, MSN
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe Street, Halsted 3
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-614-5912
Pager: 410-283-7473
Fax: 410-614-3947
Email: Sjones9@jhmi.edu
