In addition to providing care in traditional arenas such as health care providers' offices and acute care hospitals,nurses provide care in nonacute arenas of health care such as:

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Long-term care has traditionally referred to a community-based nursing home licensed for skilled or intermediate care.There is still a great demand for this type of care,but there is also a need for other levels of health care.A long-term care facility may be licensed for either intermediate care or skilled nursing care.Clients are not acutely ill but have continuing health care needs and cannot function independently at home.

In Addition to Providing Care in Traditional Arenas Such as Health