Business View - November 2015 139
HEALTHCARE
sary for nursing homes to become more highly specialized
and, in some cases, even certified in the higher levels of
care that they are increasingly required to provide to their
residents. Regent Care of Reno is no exception to that
dynamic – having specialized in one important aspect of
nursing home services. “We’re known in this area for our
wound care skills,” says Enad. “We have WOCN (Wound,
Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society) - certified, nurse
practitioners on board. I’m wound-care certified as well,
and can also do sharp debridement. (Sharp debridement
is a surgical procedure that uses scissors, scalpels and
other sharp instruments to cut away or remove necrotic
tissue.) That’s one of the things that we see a lot of –more
significant, compromised kinds of wound situations.”
Because so many of Regent’s patients are experiencing
shorter stays due to insurance limitations, Enad says that
her staff must take a more aggressive approach to all lev-
els of treatment while many times partnering with home-
health, which follows patients upon discharge so that they
