background several lines of evidence suggest that early sensory stimulation and regular family visiting programs are potential nursing interventions to improve the outcomes of head injured comatose patients. however, little is known about the impacts of family involvement in providing sensory stimulation. objectives to determine the effects of a sensory stimulation program conducted by nurses a...

Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a minimally invasive procedure that delivers high-dose radiation in a single fraction to a precisely targeted lesion in the brain. When SRS is provided using a modified linear accelerator that produces x-ray beams, a stereotactic head ring is used for localization of the target area and immobilization during treatment. Radiation oncology nurses have a unique r...

3. You attend to a young male patient who has sustained a head injury during an alleged assault. He is self-ventilating and haemodynamically stable, but is agitated with a reduced Glasgow coma score, and will require intubation prior to CT scan of his head. His mother is in the relatives’ room waiting for a progress update. The nurse helping you suggests you could get consent from his mother be...

Connecting Academia to Practice: Giving Tomorrow’s Nursing Leaders a Head Start This past spring, two of our Bethel University senior nursing students were instrumental in improving processes at area hospitals. One student led an effort to evaluate and improve the patient discharge process at the hospital where she was studying; the other student developed and presented compartment syndrome tra...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to describe patient characteristics and prognostic factors for survival in the palliative stage of patients with head and neck cancer. METHODS Since November 2003, all patients with palliative head and neck cancer treated in our hospital have been recorded in a central database. In total, 262 deceased patients were included in this retrospective study....

Thyroid cancer is a complex disease requiring management by large multidisciplinary team. The number of patients with diagnosis thyroid significantly increasing year-on-year, and traditional models consultant-led follow up are no longer sustainable. Although nurse-led follow-up clinics becomining increasingly common, rare. An excellent understanding the disease, treatment risk recurrence essent...

OBJECTIVE To compare the ability of a headache nurse specialist and consultant neurologists in diagnosing tension-type headache and migraine. METHODS An experienced neurology ward sister was trained in the differential diagnosis of headache disorders. Over six months, patients with non-acute headache disorders and role players trained to present with benign or sinister headaches were seen by ...