Journal of Neuroscience Nursing articles from August 1996

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing archives from August 1996

Pallidotomy: a surgical intervention for control of Parkinson's disease.
August 1, 1996... Introduction Parkinson's disease (PD), a chronic incurable disorder, has a significant impact on quality of life. Parkinson's disease strikes some 0.5-1.5 million persons over the age of 65 years. PD results from chronic degeneration of...

A look at recent hyperventilation studies: outcomes and recommendations for early use in the head-injured patient.
August 1, 1996... Introduction For more than two decades, hyperventilation has been the standard initial or early head injury intervention used by pre-hospital emergency care providers, emergency physicians and emergency nurses.[1,8,15,24,30] ...

Challenges in patient and family care following an unsuccessful suicide attempt.
August 1, 1996... Introduction The challenges in providing care to patients and families after an unsuccessful suicide attempt are many and extend beyond the physical needs of the neuroscience population. What are the challenges we face? This article...

Health care management of children with cognitive and physical disabilities: to treat or not to treat.
August 1, 1996... Introduction Increasing numbers of infants at risk, (eg, preterm, neurologically abnormal, low birth weight or with congenital anomalies) now survive early medical crises with the help of advanced medical treatment and technology. Over...

The benevolent overreaction: nursing assessment and intervention in families coping with seizure disorder.
August 1, 1996... Introduction Epilepsy is a chronic brain disorder characterized by recurrent seizures. There are approximately 125,000 new cases of epilepsy diagnosed yearly. The majority of these new cases occur in children under the age of two years,...

Hope facilitating strategies for the family of the head injury patient.
August 1, 1996... Introduction Initially after the head injury crisis, families rely on their internal and external support and resources to maintain or restore equilibrium.[13] Not only must the family cope with the head injury and its implications, but...

Refusal of food and water by a man with end stage Parkinson's disease.(Ethics and the Law)(Column)
August 1, 1996... Introduction How would you. the clinical nurse specialist, react when a patient with a nonterminal but markedly disabling illness refuses life-sustaining treatment? In this paper, I present the case of man with end-stage Parkinson's...

The Cellular Basis of Central Nervous System HIV-1 Infection and the AIDS Dementia Complex.
August 1, 1996... This text consists of eight chapters co-published in the Journal of Neuro-AIDS, Volume 1, Number 1, 1996, which discuss the newest research and theories as to the origin, causation and outcomes of AIDS dementia complex (ADC). The chapters are...

Spinal Trauma: Current Evaluation and Management.
August 1, 1996... Rea GL, Miller CA. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 1993. This book provides an in-depth examination of cause, mechanism and treatment of spinal trauma. There are separate chapters on anatomy and radiology, as well as...