Acute stroke nursing

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.
Subjects:
Cerebrovascular disease > Nursing.
Evidence-based nursing.
MEDICAL > Neurology.
Cerebrovascular disease > Nursing
Evidence-based nursing
Stroke > omvårdnad.
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Table of Contents:
  • Setting the scene / Caroline Watkins and Michael Leathley
  • Developing stroke services : a key role for nursing and nurses
  • What is a stroke? / Anne W. Alexandrov
  • Acute stroke nursing management / Anne W. Alexandrov
  • Nutritional aspects of stroke care / Lin Perry and Elizabeth Boaden
  • Promoting continence / Kathryn Getliffe and Wendy Brooks
  • Management of physical impairments post-stroke / Cherry Kilbride and Rosie Kneafsey
  • Communication / Jane Marshall, Katerina Hilari and Madeline Cruice
  • Mood and behavioral changes / Peter Knapp
  • Minimally responsive stroke patients / Elaine Pierce and Aeron Ginnelly
  • Rehabilitation and recovery processes / Jane Williams and Julie Pryor
  • Stroke and palliative care : a difficult combination? / Christopher R. Burton and Sheila Payne
  • Reducing the risk of stroke / Peter Humphrey, Jo Gibson and Stephanie Jones
  • Longer-term support for survivors and supporters / Louise Brereton and Jill Manthorpe
  • Stroke resources for professionals, patients and carers.

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