Spinal Cord Injury: A Guide to Rehabilitation Nursing

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Aspen Publishers, 1987 - Business & Economics - 261 pages
This practical guidebookthe first spinal cord injury manual geared directly To The rehabilitation nurseaddresses problems that arise every day in rehabilitation nursing, and provides an abundance of charts, checklists, and useful appendixes to help answer tough questions.

Contents

BACKGROUND AND NURSING PROCESS APPLIED TO SCI
1
Chapter 2Patient Care Planning Intervention and Evaluation
11
GUIDELINES SPECIFIC TO ALTERATIONS AFTER SPINAL CORD
35
Chapter 6Alterations in Psychosocial Functioning
47
Chapter 7Mobility and Sensory Alterations
67
Alteration in Skin Integrity Related to Decreased or Absent Sensation
82
Chapter 8Elimination
97
Advantages and Disadvantages
100
Appendix A Nursing Teaching Checklist
173
Selecting a Vendor for Medical Supplies
179
Appendix EPressure Sore Flowsheet
185
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194
Appendix GSternal Occipital Mandibular Immobilizer SOMI Orthosis
205
Assistive Devices for Bladder and Bowel Programs
215
Appendix LMuscles Used in Respiration
223
Appendix N Incentive Spirometry
229

Bowel Patterns after Spinal Cord Injury
112
Chapter 9Autonomic Regulation and Respiratory Function
121
Ineffective Airway Clearance Potential
133
Chapter 10General Health Maintenance
143
PART IIIHUMANIZING THE REHABILITATION PROCESS
159
A Personal Recollection
165
Appendix OTracheostomy Procedures
235
Appendix PClean Suctioning and Tracheostomy Care Home
241
Toileting
249
AN ASPEN PUBLICATION
250
Index
257
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