| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xxv, 788 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Part 1: Neuroanatomy And Assessment -- 1: Neuroanatomy and physiology of the nervous system / Ellen Barker -- Bones of the cranium -- Sutures -- Cranial fossa -- Structures of the spine -- Spinal disks -- Spinal ligaments -- Development of the nervous system -- Primary brain vesicles -- Secondary brain vesicles -- Flexures -- Developmental anomalies -- Divisions of the nervous system -- Central nervous system -- Peripheral nervous system -- Autonomic nervous system -- Anatomy of the nervous system -- Meninges -- Ventricular system and cerebrospinal fluid -- Neurons -- Supportive cells: neuroganglia -- Spinal cord -- Typical spinal nerve -- Brainstem -- Medulla -- Pons -- Midbrain -- Diencephalon -- Cerebrum -- Blood supply of the central nervous system -- Vertebral arteries -- Internal carotid arteries -- Blood brain barrier -- Collateral circulation in the brain -- Venous drainage from the brain -- Somatic sensory pathways in the central nervous system -- Epicritic sensibility -- Protopathic sensibility -- Modulation of pain pathways -- Motor pathways in the central nervous system -- Lower motor neurons -- Upper motor neurons -- Tracts and pathways -- Role of the cerebellum -- Special senses -- Vision -- Hearing -- Equilibrium -- Neuroanatomy of some common reflexes -- Blink reflex -- Pupillary light reflex -- Accommodation convergence -- Emetic reflex -- Sneezing and coughing reflexes -- Carotid sinus reflex -- Tendon reflexes -- Conclusion -- 2: Adult neurologic assessment / Ellen Barker -- Purpose of the neurologic assessment -- Performance of the adult neurologic assessment -- History -- Assessment of mental status -- Assessment of motor function -- Assessment of sensory function -- Assessment of the pupils, vision, and eye movement -- Assessment of vital signs --Assessment of the peripheral nervous system -- Assessment of cerebellar function -- Assessment of the autonomic nervous system -- Assessment of the spinal cord -- Application of the neurologic assessment -- Emergent assessment in the field and during transportation -- Emergency department assessment -- Acute and postacute care assessment -- Rehabilitation potential assessment -- Neurologic assessment of the older adult -- Components of older adult assessment -- General examination considerations for older adults -- Conclusion -- 3: Neurodiagnostic studies / Alberto Iaia and Ellen Barker -- Preparation for neurodiagnostic testing -- Patient preparation and education -- Documentation -- Informed consent -- Radiographic studies -- Skull radiographs -- Spine radiographs -- Computed tomography -- Xenon computed tomography quantitative cerebral blood flow -- Magnetic resonance imaging -- Open magnetic resonance imaging -- Blood oxygen level-dependent imaging -- Magnetic resonance spectograpy -- Diffusion tensor imaging -- Superconducting quantum interference device -- Magnetoencephalogrphic mapping -- Magnetic source imaging -- Angiography -- Magnetic resonance angiography -- Digital venous angiography -- Cerebral angiography -- Myelography -- Patient preparation -- Postprocedure care -- Cisternal puncture -- Cisternography -- Cisternograpm -- Radioisotope cisternography -- Magnetic resonance cisternography -- Diskograph -- Cerebrospinal fluid evaluation: lumbar puncture -- Patient preparation -- Postprocedure care -- Biophysical studies -- Carotid doppler imaging -- Cerebral ultrasound -- Doppler ultrasound -- Transcranial doppler sonography -- Regional cerebral blood flow and perfusion imaging -- Electrophysiologic studies -- Electroencephalography -- Electromyography -- Nerve conduction velocity -- Evoked potentials -- Nuclear medicine testing -- Brain scan -- Positron emission tomography -- Single-photon emission computed tomography -- Special senses testing -- Electronystagmography -- Caloric testing -- Audiometric studies -- Visual field testing -- Oculoplethysmography -- Oximetry: oxygen saturation -- Neuropsychologic testing -- Telemedicine -- Laboratory studies -- Urine testing -- Plasma values: serum osmolality -- Older adult considerations -- Conclusion -- Part 2: Neurologic Disorders -- 4: Central nervous system infections / Margaret Pass -- Infectious disease process -- Infections of the central nervous system -- Bacterial meningitis -- Etiology and epidemiology -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Tuberculous meningitis -- Etiology and epidemiology -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Viral meningitis -- Nonacute and home care -- Lyme disease -- Etiology -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Other tick-borne diseases -- Brain and spinal cord abscess -- Etiology and epidemiology -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Acute encephalitis -- Etiology and epidemiology -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Acute care -- Herpes simplex encephalitis -- West Nile virus -- Etiology and epidemiology -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Acute care -- Slow viral infections of the central nervous system -- Etiology -- Epidemiology -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Acute and nonacute care -- Nosocomial infection -- Surgical site infection -- Comprehensive patient management -- Assessment considerations -- General clinical management considerations -- Health teaching considerations -- Nutritional considerations -- Older adult considerations -- Rehabilitation considerations -- Case management considerations -- Conclusion -- 5: Central nervous system metabolic disorders: syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone and diabetes insipidus / Ellen Barker -- Physiology of fluid and electrolyte balance -- Antidiuretic hormone -- Anatomy and physiology -- Control of antidiuretic hormone secretion -- Regulation of the thirst mechanism -- Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone and cerebral slat-wasting syndrome -- Diabetes insipidus -- Assessment -- Treatment -- Comprehensive patient management -- Conclusion -- |
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6: Altered states of consciousness and sleep / Ellen Barker -- Altered states of consciousness -- Inattention and confusion -- Etiology -- Common pathophysiology -- Outcome states -- Diagnostic studies -- Assessment -- Coma management -- Initial emergent assessment and management -- Additional data -- Secondary emergent assessment and management -- Acute care assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Postacute care and assessment -- Recovery outcome -- Rehabilitation and home care -- Comprehensive patient management: alternations of consciousness -- Health teaching considerations -- Nutritional considerations -- Psychosocial considerations -- Older adult considerations -- Case management considerations -- Conclusion: Coma -- Sleep -- Normal sleep patterns -- Neurochemical anatomy of sleep -- Common sleep disorders -- Insomnia and other sleep-wake disorders -- Sleep apnea -- Narcolepsy -- Other sleep disorders -- Restless leg syndrome -- Periodic limb movement disorder -- Parasomnias -- Sleep-provoked disorders or conditions -- Comprehensive patient management: Sleep disorders -- Health teaching considerations -- Nutritional considerations -- Psychosocial considerations -- Older adult considerations -- Rehabilitation and home care considerations -- Case management considerations -- Conclusion: Sleep -- 7: Brain tumors / Eileen M Bohan, Gary L Gallia, and Henry Brem -- Incidence and etiology -- Prognostic factors -- Pathophysiology -- Classification -- Benign tumors versus malignant tumors -- Primary tumors versus secondary tumors -- Histology -- Types of brain tumors -- Primary brain tumors -- Metastatic brain tumors -- Comprehensive patient management: Brain tumors -- Nutritional considerations -- Older adult considerations -- Case management considerations -- Hospice -- Conclusion -- 8: Cranial surgery / Allyson Delaune, Anil Nanda, and Ellen Barker -- Brief history of cranial surgery -- Fundamental concepts of neurosurgery -- Indications for cranial surgery -- Preoperative considerations -- Patient teaching -- General preoperative assessment -- General preoperative management -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Craniotomy -- Preoperative preparation -- Intraoperative preparation and imaging -- Craniotomy procedure -- Craniotomy complications -- Postacute care -- Craniectomy -- Acute, postacute, and discharge care -- Hydrocephalus and shunting procedure -- Medical and surgical management -- Postoperative management -- Neuroendoscopic third ventriculostomy -- Stereotactic radiosurgery -- Definition and forms -- Indications -- Procedure -- Comprehensive patient management -- Rehabilitation considerations -- Older adult considerations -- Case management considerations -- Conclusion -- 9: Neuroscience critical care management / Cynthia Blank-Reid, Lewis J Kaplan, and Thomas A Santora -- Neuroscience critical care nursing -- Multidisciplinary team management -- Essentials of a neuroscience critical care unit -- Patient monitoring -- General monitoring -- NCCU monitoring tools -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory testing -- Care of the neurologically impaired patient -- Hemodynamic drug therapy -- Prevention of secondary brain injury and complications -- Acute care -- Metabolism management -- Coagulopathy management -- Infection management -- Special neurologic disorders requiring NCCU management -- Myasthenia gravis -- Guillain-Barre syndrome -- Acute ischemic stroke -- Seizures -- General care management in the NCCU -- Pulmonary management -- Ventilatory support in the neurologically impaired with lung injury -- Comprehensive neuroscience patient management in the NCCU -- Nutritional considerations -- Stress prophylaxis considerations -- Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary edema -- Pressure ulceration prophylaxis -- Coagulation issues and disseminated intravascular coagulation -- Older adult considerations -- Rehabilitation considerations -- Case management considerations -- End-of-life considerations -- Conclusion -- 10: Intracranial pressure monitoring / Ellen Barker -- Dynamics and concepts of intracranial pressure -- Intracranial compliance -- Intracranial elasticity -- Intracranial volume -- Modified monro-Kellie hypothesis -- Intracranial volume-pressure curve -- Cerebral blood flow -- Cerebral perfusion pressure -- Cerebral autoregulation -- Blood-brain barrier -- Conductance of cerebrospinal fluid outflow -- Increased intracranial pressure -- Etiology and pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Continual and serial assessment -- Treatment -- Postacute and nonacute care -- Acute and nonacute rehabilitation -- Comprehensive patient management -- Nutritional considerations -- Psychosocial considerations -- Older adult considerations -- Health teaching considerations -- Case management considerations -- Conclusion -- 11: Neurotrauma : traumatic brain injury / Cynthia Blank-Reid, Robin N McClelland, and Thomas A Santora -- Incidence -- Etiology -- Blunt injuries -- Penetrating injuries -- Pathophysiology -- Focal brain injury -- Diffuse brain injury -- Diffuse axonal injury -- Other brain injuries -- Assessment -- Initial assessment -- Secondary assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Medical management -- Head injury guidelines -- Other variables that affect secondary injury -- Surgical management -- Acute care -- Postacute and nonacute care -- Comprehensive patient management -- Health teaching considerations -- Nutritional considerations -- Psychosocial considerations -- Long-term care considerations -- Older adult considerations -- Rehabilitation and home care considerations -- Case management considerations -- Conclusion -- 12: Neurotrauma: spinal injury / Kelly Johnson, Kelly Mowrey, and Michele J Bergman -- Neuroanatomy of the spinal cord -- Epidemiology -- Pathophysiology -- Types of vertebral column fractures -- Classification of stability -- Classification of neurologic level of injury -- Complete versus incomplete injury -- Spinal cord syndromes -- Autonomic dysfunction -- Secondary injury -- Spinal cord and brain injury: dual diagnosis -- Prehospital management -- Spinal immobilization and stabilization -- Transportation -- Emergency department management and care -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic -- Diagnosis -- Early interventions -- Acute care -- Vital signs, invasive lines, and electrocardiogram monitoring -- Surgical interventions -- Nonacute care or acute rehabilitation -- Nonacute rehabilitation -- Rehabilitation program and team -- Phases of rehabilitation -- Prevention and management of potential complications -- Comprehensive patient management -- Health teaching considerations -- Nutritional considerations -- Psychosocial considerations -- Community reintegration considerations -- Older adult considerations -- Case management considerations -- Outcomes following spinal surgery -- Motor recovery -- Expected functional independence outcomes -- Social integration -- Quality of life -- Current research -- Conclusion -- |
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13: Neurorehabilitation / Ellen Barker -- Principles of rehabilitation -- Team process -- Candidates for rehabilitation -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Wellness promotion -- Discharge planning and program evaluation -- Brain injury rehabilitation -- Acute and postacute care -- Spinal cord injury rehabilitation -- Acute and postacute care -- Stroke rehabilitation -- Acute and postacute care -- Comprehensive patient management -- Health teaching considerations -- Psychosocial considerations -- Older adult considerations -- Case management considerations -- Life care planning considerations -- Conclusion -- 14: Nontraumatic disorders of the spine / Anne G Miers -- Etiology -- Pathophysiology -- Spinal cord tumors -- Infections -- Arteriovenous malformations -- Disk disease -- Compression fractures -- Syrinxes -- Infarction -- Assessment -- Pain -- Sensory impairment -- Motor impairment -- Sphincter control -- Lesion levels -- Ongoing assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Medical management -- Surgical management -- Acute and preoperative care -- Postoperative management -- Management of the patient with an inoperable lesion -- Rehabilitation and home care -- Comprehensive patient management -- Health teaching considerations -- Psychosocial considerations -- Older adult considerations -- Case management considerations -- Conclusion -- 15: Peripheral nerve disorders / Anne G Miers -- Etiology -- Pathophysiology -- Peripheral nerve injury -- Upper extremity -- Lower extremity -- Assessment -- Peripheral nerve tumors -- Inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropahties -- Chronic peripheral neuropathies -- Metabolic and toxic neuropathy -- Inherited neuropathy -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Comprehensive patient management: Chronic peripheral neuropathies -- Health teaching considerations -- Psychosocial considerations -- Older adult considerations -- Case management considerations -- Carpal tunnel syndrome -- Etiology and incidence -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment --Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Comprehensive patient management: Carpal tunnel syndrome -- Health teaching considerations -- Case management considerations -- Thoracic outlet syndrome -- Etiology and pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Acute and postacute care -- Rehabilitation -- Comprehensive patient management: Thoracic outlet syndrome -- Case management considerations -- Conclusion -- 16: Cranial nerve deficits / Ellen Barker -- Protective cranial nerve reflexes -- Corneal blink reflex -- Pathophysiology -- Clinical management -- Gag reflex -- Pathophysiology -- Clinical management -- Olfactory nerve disorders -- Etiology -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Comprehensive patient management: Olfactory nerve disorders -- Health teaching considerations -- Nutritional considerations -- Optic nerve disorders -- Etiology -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Comprehensive patient management: Optic nerve disorders -- Psychosocial considerations -- Case management considerations -- Oculomotor system disorders -- Etiology -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Treatment -- Comprehensive patient management: Oculomotor nerve system disorders -- Case management considerations -- Trigeminal nerve disorders -- Etiology -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Treatment -- Comprehensive patient management: Trigeminal nerve disorders -- Health teaching considerations -- Nutritional considerations -- Psychosocial considerations -- Case management considerations -- Facial nerve disorders -- Etiology -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Comprehensive patient management: Facial nerve disorders -- Health teaching considerations -- Psychosocial considerations -- Case management considerations -- Acoustic nerve disorders -- Etiology -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Comprehensive patient management: Acoustic nerve disorders -- Health teaching considerations -- Nutritional considerations -- Psychosocial considerations -- Case management considerations -- Glossopharyneal nerve disorders -- Assessment -- Treatment -- Vagal nerve disorders -- Treatment -- Spinal accessory nerve disorders -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Treatment -- Comprehensive patient management: Spinal accessory nerve disorders -- Health teaching considerations -- Hypoglossal nerve disorders -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Treatment -- Comprehensive patient management: Hypoglossal nerve disorders -- Health teaching considerations -- Psychosocial considerations -- Case management considerations -- Conclusion -- 17: Stroke management / Ellen Barker -- Risk management -- Incidence -- FDA-approved treatments -- Current stroke management -- Specialized stroke centers -- Definitions and classification -- Transient ischemic attack -- Other types of stroke -- Pathophysiology -- Thrombolic stroke -- Embolic stroke -- Neurovascular stroke syndromes caused by occlusion or stenosis -- Initial recognition of stroke event -- Prehospital care -- Emergency care -- Initial emergent assessment and management -- Continued assessment -- Acute emergent management -- Neurosurgical consult for subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Medical management -- Surgical management -- Stroke units -- Acute care -- Postacute and nonacute care -- Rehabilitation -- Home care -- Comprehensive patient management -- Older adult considerations -- Case management considerations -- Quality of life considerations -- Stroke prevention -- Stroke awareness -- Clinicians' role in stroke prevention -- Conclusion -- 18: Management of aneurysms, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and arteriovenous malformation / Promad Pillai [et al] -- Aneurysms -- Incidence and prevalence -- Risk factors -- Pathophysiology -- Clinical manifestations -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Assessment -- Treatment -- Definitive treatment of intracranial aneurysms -- Nonsurgical treatments -- Post treatment clinical management -- Arteriovenous malformation -- Epidemiology -- Clinical presentation -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment options -- Continuum of care -- Case management considerations -- Conclusion -- |
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19: Management of Parkinson's disease and movement disorders / Christina M Whitney, Brian M Maddux, and David E Riley -- Parkinson's disease -- Epidemiology -- Etiology -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Continuum of care -- Tremor -- Essential tremor -- Etiology and pathophysiology -- Assessment of tremor -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Dystonia -- Etiology -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment of Dystonia -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Tradive Dyskinesia -- Assessment -- Treatment -- Chorea -- Huntington's disease -- Etiology, prevalence and incidence -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Tic disorders -- Gilles de La Tourette's syndrome -- Incidence -- Etiology -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Restless legs syndrome -- Etiology and prevalence -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Conclusion -- 20: Inflammatory demyelinating diseases / Aliza Bitton Ben-Zacharia and Maura L Del Bene -- Multiple sclerosis -- Incidence -- Etiology -- Pathophysiology -- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis -- Imaging studies -- Lumbar puncture -- Treatment -- Clinically isolated syndromes -- Optic neuritis -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Acute nontraumatice transverse myelitis -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Neuromyelitis optica (Devic's syndrome) or opticospinal multiple sclerosis -- Neurodiagnostic and imaging studies -- Treatment -- Other syndromes -- Acute Marburg disease -- Tumefactive multiple sclerosis -- Balo's concentric sclerosis -- Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis -- Differential diagnosis -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Symptom management -- Psychosocial considerations -- Other considerations -- Rehabilitation -- Conclusion -- 21: Management of dementia and motor neuron disease / Janet S Cellar ... [et al] -- Dementia -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Interventions -- Alzheimer's disease -- Etiology -- Pathophysiology -- Diagnosis -- Course of the disease -- Treatment -- Psychosocial considerations -- Case management -- Future research -- Vascular dementia -- Etiology -- Assessment -- Treatment -- Dementia with Lewy bodies -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Frontotemporal dementia -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Psychosocial considerations -- Motor neuron disease -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Epidemiology -- Etiology -- Assessment -- Diagnostic testing -- Medical management -- Surgical management -- Research -- Health teaching -- Nutritional considerations -- Psychosocial considerations -- Rehabilitation -- Case management considerations -- Home care -- Conclusion -- 22: Neuromuscular junction and muscle disease / Marcia S Lorimer, Bernadette Tucker-Lipscomb, and Donald B Sanders -- Neuromuscular junction disorder -- Myasthenia gravis -- Myopathy -- Restless legs syndrome -- Conclusion -- Part 3: Neurologic Conditions -- 23: Management of the neuroscience patient with pain / Ellen Barker and Joyce S Willens -- Definition of pain -- Epidemiology -- Pathophysiology -- Clinical manifestations of pain -- Types of pain -- Multidisciplinary pain team and clinics -- Assessment -- Pain assessment with an altered level of consciousness -- Factors affecting perception of pain -- Older adult considerations -- Chronic pain assessment -- Types of pain and pain syndrome -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Medical management -- Various treatment approaches for successful pain management -- Invasive pain relief strategies -- Surgical management -- Clinical management -- Comprehensive patient management -- Health education -- Continuum of care -- Case management considerations -- Conclusion -- 24: Management of seizures and epilepsy / Diana Abson Kraemer and Ellen Barker -- Definitions -- Epidemiology -- Etiology -- Classification -- Partial (Focal) seizures -- Generalized seizures -- Epilepsy syndrome -- Special concerns -- Medically refractory epilepsy -- Posttraumatic seizures -- Childhood febrile seizures -- Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy -- Women and epilepsy -- Pseudoseizures -- Evaluation of the patient with seizures -- Assessment -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Electroencephalogram assessment and monitoring -- Health teaching -- Treatment -- Medical treatment -- Surgical treatment -- Nutritional treatment -- Status epilepticus and acute repetitive or serial seizures -- Generalized convulsive status epilepticus -- Partial status epilepticus -- Acute repetitive seizures -- Assessment for status epilepticus -- Neurodiagnostic and laboratory studies -- Treatment -- Comprehensive patient management -- Psychosocial aspects of epilepsy -- Older adult considerations -- Alternative care -- Rehabilitation -- Case management considerations -- Conclusion -- Part 4: Legal Considerations -- 25: Legal issues and life care planning for the neuroscience patient / Jean M Jones -- Clinical care decision making -- Competent patient -- Incompetent patient: guardians and conservators -- Advance directives -- Surrogate/proxy decision maker (other than a guardian) -- Selected clinical decisions -- Surgical consent -- Termination-of-treatment orders -- Brain death -- Organ donation -- Autopsy -- Professional liability concerns -- Elements of a malpractice case -- Neuroscience negligence and case law -- Patient falls -- Restraints -- Clinical deterioration: Assessment and intervention -- Documentation -- Selected nursing issues -- Standing orders and protocols -- Less than optimal staffing -- Staff interactions: Independent duty of care to patients -- Equipment malfunctions -- Developing health care law -- Legal nurse consulting -- Life care planning -- Neuroscience nurse as a life care planner -- Life care plan process -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: JFK Coma recovery scale-revised -- Appendix B: Family education -- Appendix C: Pittsburgh sleep quality index -- Appendix D: Questionnaire for spasticity -- Index. |
| Summary |
From the Publisher: Neuroscience Nursing: A Spectrum of Care, 3rd Edition addresses the complicated needs of neuroscience patients and equips providers with in-depth knowledge of neurophysiology, neuroassessment, and neuromanagement to help provide the best patient care. This 3rd edition's carefully refined features enhance the book's readability, and the new 8-page color insert with 40 plates features important information on neurophysiology, diagnostics scans, and disorders such as aneurysms. Readers will find comprehensive information on foundations in neuroanatomy and data collection; thorough discussions of neurologic disorders; management considerations for frequently encountered neurologic conditions; and legal and ethical issues relevant to life care planning for the neuroscience patient. Provides a foundation of neuroanatomy, normal physiology, assessment, and neurodiagnostic studies essential to understanding neurologic disorders. Correlates neuroanatomy with the patient's clinical presentation. Covers basic and advanced neuroassessment and documentation for effective and improved communication with the clinical team. Builds a knowledge base of required skills for the necessary close observation and monitoring of the neuroscience patient to prevent complications and achieve the best outcomes. Presents a comprehensive review of common neuroscience disorders and conditions for quick reference enhanced with current interventions by nursing experts. Emphasizes care alerts and tips designed to produce the best clinical results. Highlights key words in bold type and defines them within the text for greater clarity and understanding. Includes separate chapters focusing on individual neurologic disorders with detailed descriptions from pathophysiology to in-depth analysis. Stresses the nurse's role including: assessment, critical thinking and problem solving, collaborative team building, and patient and family education. Describes appropriate care for each disorder from critical and acute care through post-acute care, neurorehabilitation, case management, and home health care. Includes new content addressing the multidisciplinary neuroscience team approach for evidence-based delivery of care for neuroscience patents. UNIQUE! Includes a Mayo Clinic Illustrated FOUR Score Assessment Card inserted into Chapter 6, Altered States of Consciousness and Sleep. Features new chapters on Aneurysms, Inflammatory Demyelinating Diseases, and Management of Dementia and Motor Neuron Disease that cover the most current information with input from expert contributors on these complex problems. UNIQUE! Includes the Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Neuroscience Nursing Multiple Day Flowsheet as an expert source of information. Explores the latest techniques and procedures for neurological surgery, as well as recent rehabilitation research for stroke and spine. UNIQUE! Features the most up-to-date guidelines covering the spectrum of traumatic brain injury, spinal injury, and stroke, including the Stroke Risk Screening Tool (Courtesy of Neuroscience Nursing Consultants). Covers the new weapon to combat stroke: the Merci Retriever. Includes cutting-edge content on PRIALT for intrathecal drug delivery (ITDD) for severe pain and additional updates on additional pain management using the ITDD system. |
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Neurological nursing.
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Nervous System Diseases -- nursing.
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| Added Author |
Barker, Ellen M.
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| ISBN |
9780323044011 |
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0323044018 |
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