Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is characterized by a series of persistent respiratory symptoms that limit airflow, causing morbidity and even mortality. The intervention the Rehabilitation Nursing Specialist (RNS) important to promote actions which ensure functional empowerment in self-care, preventing complications. Objective: Identify indicators sensitive (RN) care health gains ...

Post-acute rehabilitation for persons with acquired brain injury (ABI, i.e., trauma, stroke, anoxia) refers to a variety of rehabiitafion services provided in various, typically nonhospital contexts. Post-acute service options include skilled nursing facility-based rehabilitation programs (also commonly referred to as "sub-acute" programs), residential treatment programs (also referred to as tr...

The Minimum Data Set (MDS) is a standardized, federally mandated assessment tool used to identify the needs of nursing home residents and rehabilitation and nursing services received on a routine basis. These data can be used to identify people with traumatic brain injury (TBI), where a diagnosis is recorded. However, both limitations of the MDS and the presence of other neurological issues tha...

Throughout my 18 years of clinical practice in physical therapy, including academics, it has become very apparent to both myself and colleagues in a number of fields, that basic education in ergonomics is absolutely critical to all rehabilitation professionals. I strongly feel that accrediting bodies for at least PT, OT, rehabilitation counselling and nursing should require certain basic educat...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To explore nurses' understandings and expectations of rehabilitation and nurses' perceptions of patients' understandings and expectations of rehabilitation. BACKGROUND Within the context of a broadening appreciation of the benefits of rehabilitation, interest in the nature of rehabilitation is growing. Some believe that rehabilitation services do not adequately meet the ne...

Experience report on the application of the nursing process (NP) to a female patient with Anorexia Nervosa patient, using patient history, diagnoses, nursing interventions and outcomes. The interventions were based on the nursing diagnoses: body image disturbance, altered nutrition less than body requirements, anxiety, chronic low self-esteem, activity intolerance, ineffective management of the...

In order to establish face recognition system in rehabilitation nursing robots beds and achieve real-time monitor the patient on the bed. We propose a face recognition method based on partial matching Hu moments which apply for rehabilitation nursing robots beds. Firstly we using Haar classifier to detect human faces automatically in dynamic video frames. Secondly we using Otsu threshold method...

The main indications of Monti ileovesicostomy is urinary incontinence and urethral injury. Thus, it's very significant for the patients to relieve the vice effects of Moni ileovesicostomy. The aim of this study is to investigate the perioperative nursing care and methods to improve the quality of life in Monti ileovesicostomy. In this study, 5 patients received Monti ileovesicostomy in our depa...