BACKGROUND Neuro-oncological population well expresses the complexity of neurological disability due to the multiple neurological deficits that affect these patients. Moreover, due to the therapeutical opportunities survival times for patients with brain tumor have increased and more of these patients require rehabilitation care. The figure of nurse in the interdisciplinary specialty of neurore...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study is to identify the rate of emergency department (ED) intubation and the mortality associated with ED intubation. METHODS We conducted a retrospective chart review of all patients intubated in the ED between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2004 at an urban level one trauma centre with approximately 50,000 ED visits annually. All ED intubations were identif...

Decreased physical functioning, either transient or enduring, is encountered by many individuals at various points in the cancer trajectory. Oncology nurses are well positioned to promote functional recovery, as they have intensive contact with cancer patients in multiple settings and throughout all phases of the disease continuum. This article reviews effective screening tools that nurses can ...

PURPOSE This study aimed to develop a rehabilitation model of breast cancer patients through review of literature and available online hospital rehabilitation programs. METHODS Electronic searches of the literature related to rehabilitation programs of breast cancer patients in Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature, PubMed Clinical Queries, and Academic Search were carried ou...

OBJECTIVE To explore the attitudes and beliefs of stroke patients identified by professionals as having either "high" or "low" motivation for rehabilitation. DESIGN Qualitative study with semistructured interviews. SETTING The stroke unit of an inner city teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS 22 patients with stroke who were undergoing rehabilitation; 14 with high motivation for rehabilitation ...

Background Nurses often have difficulties with using interdisciplinary stroke guidelines for patients with stroke as they do not focus sufficiently on nursing. Therefore, the Stroke Nursing Guideline (SNG) was developed and implemented. The aim of this study was to determine the implementation and feasibility of the SNG in terms of changes in documentation and use of the guideline in the care o...

Denise R. Bonanni, RN; Geraldine Devers, RN; Kathleen Dezzi, RN; Christine Duerr, MS, RN; Madeline Durkin, RN; Judith Hernan, MSN, RN; and Carol Joyce, RN, NHA AbstrAct This study was conducted to determine whether a dedicated restorative nursing program fostered improvement in residents’ functional status and quality of life. Restorative nursing assistants were selected, provided with special ...

This article observes changes during the first 5 years of Resource Utilization Group, Version II (RUG-II) system utilization by the New York State Department of Health (NYDOH) for Medicaid program reimbursement. Findings include a dramatic increase in the number of residents scoring in the highest intensity resident-care categories, a substantial increase in staffing and expenditures for rehabi...