Journal of Neuroscience Nursing articles from April 2004

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing archives from April 2004

Coming out on top.(nurses top the list of most ethical professions)(Editorial)
April 1, 2004... Every year, the Gallup Organization conducts a public opinion survey on the honesty and ethical standards of professions. I am proud to say that nurses topped this list in 2003. In fact, nurses have been at the top of this list for the past 4...

Correction.(Editorial)(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
April 1, 2004... In the article "Restless Legs Syndrome: A Case Study," by Norma Cuellar, which appeared in the August 2003 issue of JNN (Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 193-201), the instrument used to assess quality of life in patients with RLS is incorrectly referred to...

An evaluation of neuroscience nursing research published during the decade of the brain.
April 1, 2004... Abstract: The purpose of this study was to extend a previous evaluation of neuroscience nursing research to an assessment of the research published during the 1990s--the Decade of the Brain. The evaluation was conducted to assess the focus of...

Withholding aggressive seizure treatment from a child with severe intractable epilepsy: a case study.(Award Winner)
April 1, 2004... Abstract: A child with severe intractable epilepsy, profound neurological impairment, and frequent and lengthy admissions to the hospital for repeated and prolonged status epilepticus has an uncertain quality of life. The benefit and ethics of...

Love and load--the lived experience of the mother-child relationship among young adult traumatic brain-injured survivors.
April 1, 2004... Abstract: This study aims to describe the meaning of the experience of the relationship between young adult traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors and their mothers using a phenomenological approach. Informants included 9 males and 3 females...

Chronic sorrow and depression in parents of children with neural tube defects.
April 1, 2004... Abstract: Chronic sorrow has been described in the caregivers of individuals with myelomeningocele, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, cancer, and premature infants. Most studies have reported small numbers of fathers for comparison with...

2-year-old with tuberculous meningitis: a case study.
April 1, 2004... Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) may occur with tuberculosis infection, and young children are more prone to this disease. The clinical manifestations, time course, and treatment of TBM are unlike those of other types of meningitis, and the disease...

Time and difficulty of tasks provided by family caregivers of stroke survivors.
April 1, 2004... Family caregivers of stroke survivors are at risk for negative health outcomes such as depression, psychosocial impairments, and even mortality as a result of providing care. Shortened hospital stays have contributed to the urgent need for...

Problems and associated feelings by family caregivers of stroke survivors during the second and third month of caregiving *.(Research Corner)
April 1, 2004... Editor's Note: Research Corner periodically includes expanded research abstracts. These abstracts present a condensed form of completed research projects. This set of abstracts was presented at the 2003 AANN Annual Meeting. The purpose of...

A new understanding.(Reflections)
April 1, 2004... After graduating from nursing school in 1979, I worked for many years in orthopedics, until 6 years ago, when I joined the Neuroscience Advanced Care Unit at Miami Valley Hospital, a Level I Trauma center in Dayton, OH. My husband was career...