Why Choose Our Rehabilitation Program?
There are many reasons why we’re a leading pediatric Inpatient Rehabilitation Program.
Inpatient rehab offers a minimum of three hours of core services (PT, OT and/or Speech) per day, as required by funding sources.
- Occupational Therapy
- Pediatric Psychiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Speech Therapy
- Rehabilitation Nursing
- Rehabilitation Case Manager
The following are services provided in our rehab program, based on patient need:
- Chaplain Services
- Child Life Specialist Services
- Dietitian/Nutrition Services
- Education Specialist Services
- Early Intervention
- Massage Therapy
- Music Therapy
- Neuropsychology
- Psychology
- Recreational Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Social Work
- Visits from Our Therapy Dog
The family is the primary advocate for the child’s needs and desires. Families provide continuous support throughout the acute stage, into rehabilitation and when the child returns home. The family provides detailed and insightful information about their child’s personality, interests and learning style.
For the families/support systems, Nationwide Children’s Hospital also provides:
- Social work – community and financial resources
- Psychology – psychosocial support (grieving and coping)
- Spiritual Care – spiritual support/chapel
- Amenities – Ronald McDonald House, Sibling Clubhouse, and Blue Jackets Resource Room and
comprehensive library - Collaboration with schools, external vendors, community resources and more
The Rehab Physician strives for excellence in the delivery of care provided to the patient and family. The following are medical services available:
- Adolescent Medicine
- Anesthesia
- Cardiology
- Critical Care
- Dentistry
- Dermatology
- Emergency Medicine
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Genomics
- OB/GYN
- Hematology/Oncology
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Pediatrics
- Ophthalmology
- Pain
- Pharmacy
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Plastic Surgery
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonology
- Radiology
- Sleep Lab
- Surgery (trauma, burn, and general)
- Urology
- Vascular (consultative through OSU)
- Wound Care Specialist
Onsite services available to respond to orders 24 hours a day/7 day a week:
- Medical services – 24/7 in-house coverage
- Pharmacy services – 24/7 availability
- Diagnostic services (Radiology, Ultrasound, etc.) – results available within 4 hours unless ordered STAT and then reported immediately.
- Laboratory services – most results available within 4 hours unless ordered STAT which is reported immediately.Send-out labs such as Genetics and Pathology may be longer.
