Acute Stroke Nursing (eBook)
by Jane Williams and Lin Perry and Caroline Watkins

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Stroke is a medical emergency. With active and efficient nursing management in the initial hours after stroke onset, effective recovery and rehabilitation is increased. Acute Stroke Nursing provides nurses with a current, evidenced based, practical text facilitating the provision of optimal stroke care during the primary prevention and acute phases.







This timely and practical text is structured to follow the acute stroke pathway experienced by patients. It explores the symptoms, causes and effects of stroke and provides guidance on issues such as nutrition, continence, positioning, mobility and continence. The text also considers rehabilitation. discharge planning, palliative care and the role of the nurse within the multiprofessional team. Acute Stroke Nursing is an essential guide to the management of acute stroke for all nurses health care professional wishing to extend their knowledge of stroke nursing

 
 
 
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  • ISBN: 9781444318845
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
  • Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
  • Date: Feb 2010
 
 
 
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Editor: Jane Williams
Bio:   Jane Williams is Consultant Nurse in Stroke Care, based in Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK. She has been involved in many national working parties, including the National Stroke Strategy, UK Forum for Stroke Training, and UK Stroke Forum. Jane is member of The Stroke Association research awards committee. A founder member of the National Stroke Nursing Forum, Jane undertook a term of office as chair.
Editor: Lin Perry
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Lin Perry is Professor of Nursing Research and Practice Development, University of Technology, Sydney and the Northern Hospitals Network, South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service. A member of the Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party in the UK, the National Stroke Foundation Guidelines Working Party and Stroke Services New South Wales in Australia, she has extensive experience with national guideline development, benchmarking, service review and evaluation.
Editor: Caroline Watkins
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Caroline Watkins is Professor of Stroke and Older People's Care at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. As a member of the Vascular Team at the Department of Health, she is working to implement the National Stroke Strategy, and leads the development of the new UK Forum for Stroke Training. Caroline is the president of the Society for Research in Rehabilitation and on the Steering Group of the National Stroke Nursing Forum.

 
 
 
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"Although aimed at acute stroke services, this book provides a good basis for members of the multidisciplinary team, especially all medical and neuroscience nurses . . . This book will be applicable to healthcare professionals for many years." - Primary Health Care, 1 July 2011

"This will certainly be the first place I turn for future stroke-related technique." - Nursing Older People, 1 November 2010

 
 
 
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