Full Description
This publication is included on the ANCCCenter's reference list.The new Seventh Edition of the award-winning classic prepares its users to deliver 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, 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.A companion site with fully-searchable text and image bank is available with purchase of the book.
Contents
SECTION 1Chapter 1 The State of the Science of Neuroscience Nursing PracticeChapter 2 Care Settings and Transitions in CareChapter 3 Ethical Perspectives and End-of-Life CareChapter 4 Organ Donation and Donor ManagementSECTION 2: Assessment and Evaluation of Neuroscience PatientsChapter 5 Overview of Neuroanatomy and NeurophysiologyChapter 6 Diagnostics for Patients with Neurological DisordersChapter 7 Comprehensive Neurological ExaminationChapter 8 Neurological AssessmentSECTION 3: General Considerations with Neuroscience PatientsChapter 9 Nutritional Support for Neuroscience PatientsChapter 10 Neuroendocrine Disorders in Neuroscience PatientsChapter 11 Rehabilitation of Patients with Neurological DisordersChapter 12 Pharmacological Management of Neuroscience PatientsSECTION 4: Common Management Problems with Neuroscience PatientsChapter 13 Intracranial Hypertension: Theory and Management of Increased Intracranial PressureChapter 14 Management of Patient Undergoing Neurosurgical ProceduresChapter 15 Management of Patients with a Depressed Level of ConsciousnessSECTION 5: Nursing Management of Patients with Injury to the Neurological SystemChapter 16 Craniocerebral InjuriesChapter 17 Spine and Spinal Cord InjuriesChapter 18 Back Pain and Spinal DisordersChapter 19 Traumatic Peripheral Nerve InjuriesSECTION 6: Nursing Management of Patients with Neoplasms of the Neurological SystemChapter 20 Brain Tumors Chapter 21 Spinal Cord TumorsSECTION 7: Nursing Management of Patients with Cerebrovascular ProblemsChapter 22 Transient Ischemic Attacks and Acute Ischemic StrokeChapter 23 Intracerebral Hemorrhagic StrokeChapter 24 Cerebral AneurysmsChapter 25 Arteriovenous Malformations and Other Cerebrovascular AnomaliesSECTION 8: Nursing Management of Patients with Pain, Seizures, and CNS InfectionsChapter 26 Chronic PainChapter 27 HeadachesChapter 28 Seizures and EpilepsyChapter 29 Infections of the Central Nervous SystemSECTION 9: Nursing Management of Patients with Neurodegenerative DiseasesChapter 30 Alzheimer's Disease and DementiasChapter 31 Parkinson's DiseaseChapter 32 Multiple SclerosisChapter 33 Myasthenia GravisChapter 34 Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisSECTION 10: Nursing Management of Patients with Peripheral Nerve DiseasesChapter 35 Peripheral NeuropathiesChapter 36 Cranial Nerve Diseases
