| Description |
1 online resource (816 pages) |
| Contents |
Section 1. Neuroscience nursing: contemporary practice -- The state of the science of neuroscience nursing practice -- Ethical perspectives and end-of-life care -- Beyond the hospital: preparing and caring for neuroscience patients after acute care -- Section 2. Assessment and evaluation of neuroscience patients -- Overview of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology -- Diagnostics for patients with neurological disorders -- Comprehensive neurological examination -- Neurological assessment -- Section 3. Neuroscience nursing: common management challenges -- Intracranial hypertension: theory and management of increased intracranial pressure -- Hydrocephalus -- Management of patients with an altered level of consciousness -- Neuroendocrine disorders in neuroscience patients -- Neurosurgical procedures: patient care management -- Rehabilitation of patients with neurological disorders -- Section 4. Nursing management of patients with injury to the neurological system -- Craniocerebral injuries -- Spine and spinal cord injuries -- Back pain and spinal disorders -- Section 5. Nursing management of cranial nerve disorders and peripheral nerve injuries -- Cranial nerve diseases -- Peripheral nerve injuries -- Section 6. Nursing management of patients with neoplasms of the neurological system -- Brain tumors -- Spinal cord tumors -- Section 7. Nursing management of patients with cerebrovascular disease -- Transient ischemic attacks and acute ischemic stroke -- Intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke -- Intracranial aneurysms -- Arteriovenous malformations and other cerebrovascular anomalies -- Section 8. Nursing management of patients with pain, seizures, and CNS infections -- Chronic pain -- Headaches -- Seizures and epilepsy -- Infections of the central nervous system -- Section 9. Nursing management of patients with movement disorders, neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases -- Parkinson's disease -- Alzheimer's disease and related dementias -- Multiple sclerosis -- Guillain-BarreĢ syndrome -- Myasthenia gravis -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| Subject |
Neurological nursing
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Nervous system -- Surgery -- Nursing
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Nervous System Diseases -- nursing
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Neurosurgery -- nursing
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Neurosurgical Procedures -- nursing
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hickey, Joanne V., editor
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Strayer, Andrea, editor
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Preceded by (work): Hickey, Joanne V.
Clinical practice of neurological and neurosurgical nursing
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| ISBN |
9781975100681 |
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1975100689 |
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