Shawn Hughes, RN, a Registered Nurse with Pierremont Healthcare Center

Get to know Registered Nurse, Shawn Hughes, who serves patients in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Shawn is a registered nurse specializing in long-term care and rehab. She works at Pierremont Healthcare Center, a nursing home in Shreveport, Louisiana.

A Nexion Health affiliate, Pierremont Healthcare Center is dedicated to providing quality and compassionate nursing care. To better serve residents, the facility offers a progressive approach to treatment that combines collaboration with primary physicians and individualized rehab services with resident and family education.

Offering a home-like setting influenced by a unique regional culture, the clinical team is competent and equipped with the skills, tools and state-of-the-art equipment necessary to take care of the short and long term needs of residents. Additionally, they offer comprehensive rehab services, including speech, occupational and physical therapy.

Attributing her success to the support of her mother, Shawn graduated with her nursing degree from Louisiana Technical College in 2007.

A Registered Nurse (RN) is a nurse who has graduated from a nursing program and met the requirements outlined by a country, state, province or similar licensing body to obtain a nursing license. RNs fulfill a variety of job duties. In addition to their primary role in treating and caring for patients, their responsibilities also include educating patients and the public about a variety of medical conditions, as well as providing emotional support, coordinating care  and advice to the families of their patients. Other RN job functions include leadership, research, performing diagnostic tests and analyzing results, operating medical equipment, administering medications, recording patients’ symptoms and medical histories, and assisting with patient rehabilitation and follow-up.

Learn More About Shawn Hughes:

Through her online profile, https://todaysnurse.org/network/index.php?do=/4147491/info/ 

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