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Subacute and Rehabilitation (Skilled Nursing)

While most patients are transferred to the skilled nursing unit from acute care hospitals, direct admits may be made from the patient’s home, the hospital emergency room and community clinics. Patients with non-Medicare insurance, such as Presbyterian Senior Care and Presbyterian Health Plan are eligible for direct admit. Patients with Medicare only need three midnights in order to be eligible for the skilled nursing unit. The unit is hospital-based and offers an array of readily available ancillary services, including:
- physical therapy
- occupational therapy
- speech therapy
- wound care
- nutritional support
- nursing
- radiation
Additionally, the 1:6 nurse to patient ratio of the skilled nursing unit surpasses that of local community-based skilled providers, which average a nurse to patient ratio of 1:12. Patients are transferred to skilled nursing to receive additional therapy in order to get stronger, allow more time for their wounds to heal, and to receive nutritional support and nursing that cannot be provided in the home.
For more information and to make a referral, please contact:
Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital
Subacute and Rehabilitation
(Skilled Nursing)
Address: 8300 Constitution Ave. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110
(505) 291-2356
fax (505) 291-2656
Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit |
Other Community Skilled Nursing Providers* |
Hospital-based continuum of inpatient care |
Not available |
Nurse/patient ratio is 1:6 during the day and 1:9 overnight |
Nurse/patient ratio is approximately 1:10 during the day and 1:15 overnight |
Nurse/tech ratio is 1:9 during the day and 1:12 overnight |
Same |
Two on-site board-certified physicians, physician/patient ratio is 1:18, 24/7 physician coverage |
No on-site physician. Consulting physicians 24/7. Strong emphasis on mid-level providers |
Certified nurse practitioner on site |
Not available |
Wound specialist, DPT |
Wound specialists |
Physical therapists |
Physical therapists |
Occupational therapists |
Occupational therapists |
Speech therapists |
Speech therapists |
Respiratory services |
Respiratory services |
Wound vac services |
Wound vac services |
IV antibiotics |
IV antibiotics |
Palliative care support, inpatient hospice unit |
Off-site contract for hospice services |
On-site subspecialist care |
Off-site consults for internal medicine services |
Dietitian |
Dietitian |
Two MSW social workers and a discharge planner, 1:18 patient ratio |
Social workers, approximately 1:100 patient ratio |
Team-based family care plan meetings |
Family meetings, generally physician is not available |
On site MRI, CT, x-ray, ultrasound; 24/7 on-site pharmacy |
Off-site medical tests; off-site pharmacy |
Daily lab monitoring available, access to inpatient acute services |
Off-site lab monitoring |
Cafeteria |
Dining room only |
TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition) |
Not available |
On-site chaplain |
Off-site consultant chaplain |
* data subject to change
