Bookeditor-in-chief, Joanne V. Hickey ; associate editor, Andrea L. Strayer.
Summary: "Neuroscience nurses practice in a very complex and challenging environment, caring for equally complex patients with multiple needs. Therefore, the contemporary neuroscience nurse engages in high-level assessment, information processing, and decision making. This requires professional competency in not only the specialty of neuroscience nursing practice, but also in general nursing and interprofessional collaborative practice. Much of the care delivered is through teams, with the nurse being an integral team member. The complexities of team communications, coordination, continuity, and safety require new models of practice to achieve optimal outcomes"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Section 1. Neuroscience nursing: contemporary practice
The state of the science of neuroscience nursing practice
Ethical perspectives and end-of-life care
Beyond the hospital: preparing and caring for neuroscience patients after acute care
Section 2. Assessment and evaluation of neuroscience patients
Overview of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology
Diagnostics for patients with neurological disorders
Comprehensive neurological examination
Neurological assessment
Section 3. Neuroscience nursing: common management challenges
Intracranial hypertension: theory and management of increased intracranial pressure
Hydrocephalus
Management of patients with an altered level of consciousness
Neuroendocrine disorders in neuroscience patients
Neurosurgical procedures: patient care management
Rehabilitation of patients with neurological disorders
Section 4. Nursing management of patients with injury to the neurological system
Craniocerebral injuries
Spine and spinal cord injuries
Back pain and spinal disorders
Section 5. Nursing management of cranial nerve disorders and peripheral nerve injuries
Cranial nerve diseases
Peripheral nerve injuries
Section 6. Nursing management of patients with neoplasms of the neurological system
Brain tumors
Spinal cord tumors
Section 7. Nursing management of patients with cerebrovascular disease
Transient ischemic attacks and acute ischemic stroke
Intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke
Intracranial aneurysms
Arteriovenous malformations and other cerebrovascular anomalies
Section 8. Nursing management of patients with pain, seizures, and CNS infections
Chronic pain
Headaches
Seizures and epilepsy
Infections of the central nervous system
Section 9. Nursing management of patients with movement disorders, neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases
Parkinson's disease
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
Multiple sclerosis
Guillain-Barré syndrome
Myasthenia gravis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.