Clinical Practice Of Neurological Neurosurgical Nursing

"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"--

The new Sixth 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 peripheral neuropathies. This edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect standards of care based on evidence-based practice. It now includes case studies, community nursing sections throughout, and increased coverage of normal pressure hydrocephalus, inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, and Creutzfeld-Jacob disease.

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.

The Fifth Edition of this classic, comprehensive reference continues to provide reliable clinical guidance for neurological and neurosurgical nursing. Many clinical topics, including neuroanatomy, neurological assessment, diagnostic evaluation, and specific disorders, such as trauma, stroke, tumors, aneurysms, headaches, seizures, infections, and degenerative diseases of the nervous system are presented. New features include: standards of care from evidence-based practice; separate pathophysiology sections in each chapter; resources that appear after reference sections, such as Internet sites; professional and patient information; key points; and, nursing research.

The new edition of this book is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of neurological diseases and disorders. Beginning with an overview of neurological examination, each of the following chapters covers a different condition including peripheral nerve disease, bladder, bowel and sexual dysfunction, various pareses (muscular weakness caused by nerve damage), Parkinsonism, dementia, dysphagia, and many more. Each disorder is presented in a step by step format, describing neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, history taking, symptoms and signs, examination, interpretation and diagnosis, and management strategies. The book concludes with a chapter on neurological examination of a child. The text is further enhanced by clinical photographs and diagrams, as well as a selection of case studies to assist learning. The second edition has been fully revised and updated to provide clinicians and trainees with the latest advances in the field. The content has been reorganised and new topics added to help trainees prepare for examinations. The previous edition (9789389587913) published in 2020.

This is a practical and accessible review of neurologic critical care in the intensive care unit is single-authored and thus cohesive. The emphasis is on management in day-to-day practice. For the thoroughly updated and expanded second edition, Wijdicks has added new algorithms on outcome prediction in the specific disorders, and five chapters on the organization of the intensive care unit, acute spinal disorders, management of common postoperative neurosurgical complications, and psychosocial issues, ethics, and withdrawal of life support. For quick reference in the ICU the most useful tables and figures have been extracted and reprinted in an accompanying pocket-sized booklet.

This book offers valuable guidance to neurointensivists, other neurocritical care staff, and those desiring to develop a neurocritical care unit via a thorough discussion of neurological emergencies and neurocritical care unit organization. This comprehensive volume begins with a review of acute neurological emergencies as managed clinically in the neurocritical care unit. Topics include acute cerebrovascular, neurological, and neurosurgical disorders. The unique aspect of this book is its description of the organization of the neurocritical care unit. We focus on how other services in the hospital interact with and assist neurocritical care operations, telemedicine/telestroke, and neurocritical care personnel and their roles. A review of expected outcomes of neurocritical care conditions is also included. Neurointensivists, neurocritical care unit staff leadership, hospital administrators, and those interested in developing a neurocritical care unit will find Neurointensive Care Unit: Clinical Practice and Organization to be an invaluable guide.