Acute stroke nursing / edited by Jane Williams, Lin Perry, Caroline Watkins.

Stroke is a medical emergency. With active and efficient nursing management in the initial hours after stroke onset, effective recovery and rehabilitation is increased. Acute Stroke Nursing provides nurses with a current, evidenced based, practical text facilitating the provision of optimal stroke c...

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Other Authors: Williams, Jane (Jane E.), Perry, Lin, Watkins, Caroline (Caroline Leigh)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
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Summary:Stroke is a medical emergency. With active and efficient nursing management in the initial hours after stroke onset, effective recovery and rehabilitation is increased. Acute Stroke Nursing provides nurses with a current, evidenced based, practical text facilitating the provision of optimal stroke care during the primary prevention and acute phases. This timely and practical text is structured to follow the acute stroke pathway experienced by patients. It explores the symptoms, causes and effects of stroke and provides guidance on issues such as nutrition, continence, positioning, mobility and.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 352 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781444318845
1444318845
1405161043
9781405161046
9781444318838
1444318837
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.