Stroke Rehabilitation

Acute stroke care is completed, and it is time for discharge. Depending on patient needs, they may continue care with outpatient therapies, home health, long-term acute care, or an acute inpatient rehabilitation facility. This is an overview of the rehabilitation process, nursing care, an interdisciplinary team approach, and psychosocial aspects of acute inpatient rehabilitation. Rehabilitation nursing focuses on goals, outcomes, the attainment or maintenance of functional capacity, understanding long-range patient needs, and wellness. From the moment care delivery is initiated we should all be a part of the rehabilitation process, a link in the chain toward improved quality of life.