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Infusion Therapy
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part of Chartwell's infusion therapy service, our nurses train patients
(or their family members) in IV administration and then monitor their
progress. We also prepare and deliver the prescribed pharmaceuticals and
equipment throughout the term of care.
Therapies
- Antibiotics (for patients with osteomyelitis, pneumonia, cellulites,
bacterial arthritis, endocarditis, HIV/AIDS-related opportunistic infections,
sepsis, Lyme Disease, urinary tract infection, cystic fibrosis, pelvic
inflammatory disease)
- Antivirals/antifungals
- Total parenteral nutrition (for patients with Crohn's disease, short
bowel syndrome/dumping syndrome, stomach cancer, fistula, acute pancreatitis,
HIV/AIDS, malabsorption, ulcerative colitis, radiation enteritis, gastrointestinal
obstructions)
- Enteral nutrition (for pediatric and adult patients who require supplemental or "sole source" nutritional therapy)
- Chemotherapy (for patients with cancer, solid tumors, lymphomas, leukemias,
rheumatoid arthritis or Crohn's disease)
- Pain management (for patients with intractable pain due to terminal
cancer, AIDS, end-stage COPD, rheumatoid arthritis or reflex sympathetic
dystrophy)
- Hydration (for patients with cancer, HIV/AIDS, hyperemesis gravidarum,
fluid & electrolytes replacement, vomiting or diarrhea)
- Inotropics (Dobutamine for stage-four chronic congestive heart failure)
- Immune globulins (for patients with immune disorders, post-bone marrow
transplant, acute infection, myeloma hematologic malignancies, myasthenia
gravis, HIV/AIDS or COPD
- Dobutamine (for patients with stage-four chronic congestive heart
failure)
- Prolastin (for patients with alpha, antitrypsin deficiency or emphysema)
- Antiemetics
- Neupogen/Epogen
- Growth hormone
- Steroidal therapies
- Injectable therapies (for multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis,
deep vein thrombosis, hepatitis-C, chronic severe migraines and other
ailments)
- Desferal
- Hemotherapy
- Catheter care; IV catheter care and placement
- Investigational therapies
- Other IV therapies requested
Skilled Nursing Services
- Patient assessment
- Initial and ongoing patient/family teaching
- Patient care planning
- Administration of intravenous medications/solutions
- Peripheral restarts
- Insertion of full continuum of IV catheters
- Blood draws
- Care and access of central venous access devices
- Ongoing monitoring and assessment of patient response to therapy
- Communication and coordination with the prescribing physician, patient and/or caregiver
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