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This book considers: aspects of assessment in neuroscience nursing; management of patients with acute neurological conditions; and management of patients with long-term neurological conditions. Within these sections a broad range of neurological conditions are covered, including: pain, traumatic injuries, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, stroke, and huntington's disease. The book is aimed at nurses working in neuroscience specialist areas, as well as any nurse working in either acute or primary care settings. It will also be of interest to nurses undertaking post-registration neuroscience nursing courses.

Table of Contents:
Section 1: Aspects of assessment in neuroscience nursing - Intra and extracranial causes of alteration in level of consciousness - Nursing tools and strategies to assess cognition and confusion - Assessment of chronic neuropathic pain and the use of pain tools - The nursing role in recognizing and assessing neuropathic pain Section 2: Management of patients with acute neurological conditions - An examination of the blood-brain barrier in health and disease - Understanding pain, part 1: physiology of pain. - Understanding pain, part 2: pain management - An overview of meningitis: signs, symptoms, treatment and support - Traumatic injuries to the head and spine 1: mechanisms of injury - Traumatic injuries to the head and spine 2: nursing considerations - Multi-professional follow-up of patients after subarachnoid haemorrhage - A care plan approach to nurse-led extubation - Intergration of critical care and palliative care at end of life Section 3: Management of patients with long-term neurological conditions - Practical guide for managing patients with epilepsy - Management and treatment options for epilepsy - Management of patients who have relapses in multiple sclerosis - The management of pain in multiple sclerosis: a care-study approach. - A nurse-led, patient centred mitoxantrone service in neurology - Current management of neurogenic bladder in patients with MS - Improving service delivery for relapse management in multiple sclerosis - Innovative ways of responding to the information needs of people with MS - Information for young people when MS enters the family - Nursing role in the management of motor neurone disease - Information-seeking behaviour among people with motor neurone disease - Healthcare professionals' knowledge of motor neurone disease - Caring for patients with hemiplegia in an arm following a stroke - Thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke and the role of the nurse - The use of practice guidelines for urinary incontinence following stroke - Patient-professional partnership in spinal cord injury rehabilitation - Improving continuing care for individuals with spinal cord injuries - Caring for the carers: quality of life in Huntington's disease


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781856423083
  • Publisher: Mark Allen Group
  • Publisher Imprint: Quay Books,a division of Mark Allen Publishing Ltd
  • Height: 246 mm
  • Sub Title: Patient Assessment and Management
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1856423085
  • Publisher Date: 30 Mar 2006
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 776 gr


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