Clinical Practice of Neurological & Neurosurgical NursingLippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013 M10 17 - 816 pages The new Seventh Edition of the award-winning classic prepares its users to deliver expert care in this 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, stoke, 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 evidence-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, evidence-based boxes, and nursing research features. |
Contents
SECTION 1 | |
CHAPTER 2 | |
CHAPTER 4 | |
Hematological System Interventions | |
CHAPTER 3 | |
Meninges | |
Corpus Callosum | |
Ventral Motor Roots | |
CHAPTER 17 | |
Back Pain and Spinal Disorders | |
CHAPTER 19 | |
SECTION 6 | |
CHAPTER 21 | |
SECTION 7 | |
CHAPTER 23 | |
CHAPTER 24 | |
Diagnostics for Patients with Neurological Disorders | |
CHAPTER 7 | |
CHAPTER 8 | |
SECTION 3 | |
CHAPTER 18 | |
CHAPTER 10 | |
Diabetes Insipidus | |
CHAPTER 11 | |
Discharge Planning | |
Deidre A Buckley and Joanne V Hickey | |
SECTION 4 | |
CHAPTER 14 | |
CHAPTER 15 | |
CHAPTER 9 | |
SECTION 5 | |
Primary Brain Injury | |
CHAPTER 25 | |
SECTION 8 | |
CHAPTER 27 | |
CHAPTER 28 | |
CHAPTER 29 | |
SECTION 9 | |
Vaunette P Fay and Christine St Michel | |
CHAPTER 31 | |
CHAPTER 32 | |
CHAPTER 33 | |
CHAPTER 34 | |
SECTION 10 | |
Index | |
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The Clinical Practice of Neurological and Neurosurgical Nursing Joanne V. Hickey No preview available - 2014 |
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