PROMOTING AND PROTECTING HEALTH TO INDIVUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY!

Registered nurses from Chickasaw County Public Health provide skilled home nursing care for people who have an illness or have been recently hospitalized.

YOU HAVE A CHOICE-Ask your physician to call PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING @ (641) 394-4053 or Toll Free: 1-800-579-5815.

A Registered Nurse Will:

***Provide under your physician’s orders, special treatments, dressing changes, wound cares, injections, catheter or colostomy cares, IV site care. Special feedings, draw blood tests.
***Do a Physical assessment to determine individual needs.
***Teach and help families to understand their illness, diet, medications, and doctor’s orders.
***Supervise Home Health Aides providing care.
***Coordinate all services required by the client with referrals made to different agencies in the community.
***Keep physicians updated on your recovery.
***Help you return to your independent lifestyle.

Therapies offered
• Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Enterostomal Therapy (Wound Care Nurse)
 

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICE FOR HOME CARE IS AVAILABLE 7 DAYS A WEEK