Neuroscience nursing interactive patient vignette

Neuroscience nursing interactive patient vignette: Number 2

The purpose of these patient vignettes is to allow the reader to test their own approach to patients with various neurologic problems. Answering the questions on the website will allow the authors to discuss the various issues brought to light in the case based vignettes. Results of the survey will be discussed in the subsequent issue. The link for answering the questions is https://www. survey...

Patient vignette #1 answer analysis

Specialist nursing training in Poland: applications for neuroscience nursing.

BACKGROUND Nurses have a pivotal role in providing facilitating, advocating and promoting the best possible care and outcome for the client. To ensure decisions and actions are based on current standards of practice, nurses must be accountable for participation in ongoing education in their area of practice. AIM To present a description of the current state of Polish nursing education and spe...

Clinical Vignette Session A: Vignette Award Finalists

CASE: A 50-year-old female with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, tobacco use and bipolar disorder presented with acute, intense substernal chest pain and heart rate of 170 bpm. She had no previous cardiac history and no similar episodes in the past. She started taking lithium 2 months earlier for bipolar disorder. Her electrocardiogram showed inferior ST depression and an incomplete left ...

Clinical, Nursing & Patient Care

HHE 2012 | 001 (Tables 1 and 2). The 105 cases are divided into 37 acute and 68 chronic wounds with an average patient age of 70 years (female: 51 years; male: 54 years; standard deviation ±16). The patients had the typical concomitant diseases associated with their age and primary diagnoses. Table 3 summarises the important parameters for the three most prevalent types of wound in the case stu...