It is important for the nurse to minimize complications to insure the best outcomes for these patients. Hypotension and hypoxia are directly related to increased morbidity and mortality in the severe TBI patient and must be avoided.doi:10.1007/978-3-319-57403-5_45Jami Zipf...
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OBJECTIVE: Elderly patients (aged 60 years and older) have been demonstrated to have an increased mortality after isolated traumatic brain injury (TBI); ho... AC Mosenthal,DH Livingston,RF Lavery,... - 《Journal of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery》 被引量: 267发表: 2004年 Glasgow Coma Scale...
The National Institutes of Health toolbox, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) measures, Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care (AM-PAC), and Traumatic Brain Injury Quality of Life (TBI-QOL) are examples of current measures. Although the FIM is most widely used, the ...
ARNCompetencyModelforProfessionalRehabilitationNursing Domain 3: Leadership Competency 3.3: Impact Health Policy for Persons with Disability and/or Chronic Illness Description/Scope: Effectively champions the healthcare policy process in the legislative arena locally, regionally, or nationally. Presents ethical...
The nurses became aware of the complexity and the need for critical thinking. The findings were used to refine the facility's nursing standards of care, which were to be combined with the interdisciplinary plan of care and included in future electronic health records....
Patient and Injury Characteristics of Older Adults With TBI Receiving Post-Acute Care in Skilled Nursing and Inpatient Rehabilitation FacilitiesEmily EvansRoee GutmanFrank DevoneKali ThomasArchives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Services provided Outreach and consultation service, Clinical support and education for residents and family, Regular comprehensive education programs for aged care facility staff, Resource manual to assist staff, Contact details for medical and expert advice for staff.,A Clinical Nurse Consultant will co...
Aims: The increasing detection rates of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIA) pose a challenge for both neurovascular centers, tasked with managing a growing pool of patients requiring regular monitoring with imaging, and the healthcare system that must bear the costs of such surveillance. While the...
Being at the frontline of care, nurses belong to the group of attentive and compassionate healthcare practitioners, so the reason for light sedation and Healthcare 2020, 8, 578 9 of 13 the likely need for the greater effort of nurses must be appropriately explained once the sedation plan is...