The Clinical Practice of Neurological and Neurosurgical Nursing
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Verlag)
978-0-7817-2660-3 (ISBN)
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The new, Fifth Edition of this award-winning classic prepares its users for delivering expert care in this most challenging nursing specialty. It addresses neuroanatomy, assessment, diagnostic evaluation, and management of the complete range of neurological disorders for which nurses provide patient care, including trauma, stroke, tumors, seizures, headache, aneurysms, infections, degenerative disorders, and features new chapters on neurological critical care and peripheral neuropathies. The new edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect standards of care based on evidenced-based practice. It now includes separate pathophysiology sections in each chapter; new resource guides, such as Internet sites and professional and patient information sources; key points summaries; and, nursing research features.
SECTION 1 Neuroscience Nursing: A Perspective on Practice ... 1 CHAPTER 1 Neuroscience Nursing: The Dawn of the 21st Century 3 CHAPTER 2 The Health Care Continuum and Transitions in Levels of Care 13 CHAPTER 3 Clinical Reasoning and Outcomes 27 CHAPTER 4 Ethical Perspectives and End-of-Life Care 31 SECTION 2 Assessment and Evaluation of Neuroscience Patients... 43 CHAPTER 5 Overview of Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology 45 CHAPTER 6 Diagnostic Procedures and Laboratory Tests for Neuroscience Patients 93 CHAPTER 7 The Neurological Physical Examination 117 CHAPTER 8 Neurological Assessment 159 SECTION 3 General Considerations in Neuroscience Nursing... 185 CHAPTER 9 Nutritional Support for Neuroscience Patients 187 CHAPTER 10 Fluid and Electrolyte Management in Neuroscience Patients 201 CHAPTER 11 Pharmacological Management of Neuroscience Patients 215 CHAPTER 12 Behavioral and Psychological Responses to Neurological Illness 239 CHAPTER 13 Rehabilitation of Neuroscience Patients 253 SECTION 4 Common Management Problems and Approaches to Neuroscience Patients... 283 CHAPTER 14 Intracranial Hypertension: Theory and Management of Increased Intracranial Pressure 285 CHAPTER 15 Management of Patients Undergoing Neurosurgical Procedures 319 CHAPTER 16 Management of the Unconscious Neurological Patient 345 CHAPTER 17 Neuroscience Critical Care 359 SECTION 5 Nursing Management of Patients With Injury to the Neurological System ... 371 CHAPTER 18 Craniocerebral Trauma 373 CHAPTER 19 Vertebral and Spinal Cord Injuries 407 CHAPTER 20 Back Pain and Intervertebral Disc Injury 451 CHAPTER 21 Peripheral Nerve Injuries 471 SECTION 6 Nursing Management of Patients With Neoplasms of the Neurological System . . 481 CHAPTER 22 Brain Tumors 483 CHAPTER 23 Spinal Cord Tumors 509 SECTION 7 Nursing Management of Patients With Cerebrovascular Problems ... 521 CHAPTER 24 Cerebral Aneurysms 523 CHAPTER 25 Arteriovenous Malformations and Other Cerebrovascular Anomalies 549 CHAPTER 26 Stroke and Other Cerebrovascular Diseases 559 SECTION 8 Nursing Management of Patients With Pain, Seizures, Infections, Degenerative Diseases, and Peripheral Nerve Diseases of the Neurological System ... 589 CHAPTER 27 Management of Chronic Pain: A Neuroscience Perspective 591 CHAPTER 28 Headaches 603 CHAPTER 29 Seizures and Epilepsy 619 CHAPTER 30 Selected Infections of the Nervous System 641 CHAPTER 31 Neurodegenerative Diseases 661 CHAPTER 32 Peripheral Neuropathies 693 CHAPTER 33 Cranial Nerve Diseases 703 Index 709
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.7.2002 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 280 |
| Verlagsort | Philadelphia |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 213 x 277 mm |
| Gewicht | 2024 g |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7817-2660-3 / 0781726603 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7817-2660-3 / 9780781726603 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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