Lana Sheats, REGISTERED NURSE

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• Registered Nurse

  Nursing Service Providers

  Primary

  (1) A registered nurse is a person qualified by graduation from an accredited nursing school (depending upon schooling, a registered nurse may receive either a diploma from a hospital program, an associate degree in nursing (A.D.N.) or a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing (B.S.N.), who is licensed or certified by the state, and is practicing within the scope of that license or certification. R.N.'s assist patient in recovering and maintaining their physical or mental health. They assist physicians during treatments and examinations and administer medications. (2) A provider who is trained and educated in a formal nursing education program at an accredited school of nursing, passes a national certification examination, and is licensed by the state to practice nursing. The individual provides nursing services to patients or clients in areas such as health promotion, disease prevention, acute and chronic care and restoration and maintenance of health across the life span.

  Taxonomy code 163W00000X

• Registered Nurse

  Continence Care

  Nursing Service Providers

  Definition to come...

  Taxonomy code 163WC2100X

• Registered Nurse

  Hemodialysis

  Nursing Service Providers

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  Taxonomy code 163WH0500X

• Registered Nurse

  Psychiatric/Mental Health

  Nursing Service Providers

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  Taxonomy code 163WP0808X

• Registered Nurse

  Psychiatric/Mental Health, Adult

  Nursing Service Providers

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  Taxonomy code 163WP0809X

• Registered Nurse

  Ambulatory Care

  Nursing Service Providers

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  Taxonomy code 163WP2201X

• Registered Nurse

  Wound Care

  Nursing Service Providers

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  Taxonomy code 163WW0000X

• Registered Nurse

  Ostomy Care

  Nursing Service Providers

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  Taxonomy code 163WX1500X

• Case Management

  Agencies

  An organization that is responsible for providing case management services. The agency provides services which assist an individual in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational, and/or other services. Case management services may be used to locate, coordinate, and monitor necessary appropriate services. It may be used to encourage the use of cost-effective medical care by referrals to appropriate providers and to discourage over utilization of costly services. Case management may also serve to provide necessary coordination of non-medical services such as vocational rehabilitation, education, employment, when the services provided enable the individual to function at the highest level.

  Taxonomy code 251B00000X

• Home Health

  Agencies

  A public agency or private organization, or a subdivision of such an agency or organization, that is primarily engaged in providing skilled nursing services and other therapeutic services, such as physical therapy, speech-language pathology services, or occupational therapy, medical social services, and home health aide services. It has policies established by a professional group associated with the agency or organization (including at least one physician and one registered nurse) to govern the services and provides for supervision of such services by a physician or a registered nurse; maintains clinical records on all patients; is licensed in accordance with State or local law or is approved by the State or local licensing agency as meeting the licensing standards, where applicable; and meets other conditions found by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to be necessary for health and safety.

  Taxonomy code 251E00000X

• Home Infusion

  Agencies

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  Taxonomy code 251F00000X

• Hospice Care, Community Based

  Agencies

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  Taxonomy code 251G00000X

• Nursing Care

  Agencies

  A Nursing Care Agency is an entity that provides skilled nursing care through the services of a Registered Nurse (RN) or a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), by employees, contracted individuals, or via a registry, in a variety of settings. The agency may engage in providing private duty nursing and/or staffing services.

  Taxonomy code 251J00000X

• Alzheimer Center (Dementia Center)

  Nursing & Custodial Care Facilities

  A freestanding facility or special care unit of a long term care facility focusing on patient care of individuals diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's Disease or their related diseases. Six elements of the facility/unit set it apart from other (the rest of the) facilities(y): Admission of residents with dementia (including those with Alzheimer's disease); Staff who are specially selected, trained, and supervised; Activities that are specifically designed for the cognitively impaired; A marketing of a special care unit in brochures; A high level of family involvement; and A physical environment designed to keep residents safe and segregated from other populations.

  Taxonomy code 311500000X

• Custodial Care Facility

  Nursing & Custodial Care Facilities

  A facility providing care that serves to assist an individual in the activities of daily living, such as assistance in walking, getting in and out of bed, bathing, dressing, feeding, and using the toilet, preparation of special diets, and supervision of medication that usually can be self-administered. Custodial care essentially is personal care that does not require the continuing attention of trained medical or paramedical personnel.

  Taxonomy code 311Z00000X