Journal of Neuroscience Nursing articles from June 2001

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing archives from June 2001

You Don't Know Until You Need One.(nurses)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... "I didn't know you had to go to school to be a nurse!" When I hear comments like this, it reminds me how little the public really knows about what a nurse does and what it takes to be a nurse. It's not really the public's fault; nursing is...

Letters to the Editor.(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2001... Dear Editor: When I first read your editorial on why you became a neuroscience nurse ["Why Neuroscience Nursing," J Neurosci Nurs 2000; 32(4); 193], I thought it would be interesting to highlight the place where I work and the people who...

In Memoriam.(Kathryn Chance Leonard, American Association of Neuroscience Nurses)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
June 1, 2001... Kathryn Chance Leonard died last September after a long battle with lupus. She was dearly a leader in neuroscience nursing and in nursing academics. Her area of clinical interest was neuroscience nursing, and she used every available...

Description and Use of the Neuroscience Nursing Self-Efficacy Scale.
June 1, 2001... Abstract: An instrument for assessing nurses' perceived self-efficacy in implementing a variety of neuroscience nursing tasks was developed. Self-efficacy theory served as the guiding framework. From 1988 to 1998, the instrument was used to...

Remotivation Therapy and Huntington's Disease.
June 1, 2001... Abstract: Huntington's disease (HD) is a genetic, autosomat dominant, neurodegenerative disorder for which there is no known cure. Because remotivation therapy (RmT) has been effective in other neurological conditions and because of the lack of...

Being a Brain Tumor Patient: A Descriptive Study of Patients' Experiences.
June 1, 2001... Abstract: The purpose of this study was to describe the experience of being a patient with a brain tumor in the neurosurgery clinic of a university hospital. Eight brain tumor patients volunteered to participate. The data were collected by,...

Gastric Versus Duodenal Feeding in Patients With Neurological Disease: A Pilot Study.
June 1, 2001... Abstract: Both gastric and duodenal feeding tubes are used to provide enteral nutrition. Most studies comparing the two methods have focused primarily on rates of complications, rather than on nutritional outcomes, and show no difference in...

Barriers That Further Disablement: A Study of Survivors of Polio.
June 1, 2001... Abstract: This exploratory study of polio survivors was undertaken to clarify current level of function, comorbidity, and secondary conditions and to discover the relationships between perceived barriers to health, functional limitation,...

Problems Reported by Elderly Patients with Multiple Sclerosis.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... Abstract: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common organic neurological diseases of the central nervous system. Because of improved therapies, nurses are confronted with elderly MS patients, but little is known about the specific...

Rapid Relief of Migraine.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Migraine headache is a serious health concern, affecting millions of Americans and causing lost time from work and decreased productivity. Yet the search for a quick, effective, and safe abortive medication for an acute migraine attack has been...

Teens and Migraines.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Migraine headaches are not uncommon in childhood and adolescence. In fact, more than 8 million children suffer from migraines, resulting in lost time from school and other important developmental activities. Studies of headache prevalence...

Protection Against Alzheimer's Disease.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Prevention of a disease as devastating as Alzheimer's disease (AD) is of paramount interest as our population ages. Recent studies indicate that nonsteroidal an antinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may provide some protection against AD. Persons who...

Slowing the Course of Alzheimer's Disease.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Alzheimer's disease (AD) has a relentlessly progressive course, and a great deal of research is geared toward slowing disease progression. Only one drug has been FDA approved to date for this purpose, and its longterm benefit is limited....

Treating Post-stroke Pain.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Pain can occur following stroke in the distribution of numbness. The exact mechanism for this pain is unclear, but the thalamus is thought to be involved, creating a hyperexcitable response to sensory stimulation. Known as central post-stroke...

Drugs Linked to Hemorrhagic Stroke in Women.
June 1, 2001... Although use of illicit drugs such as cocaine has been clearly linked to hemorrhagic stroke, prescribed or over-the-counter drugs have not been linked to stroke in the past. However, recent reports from Yale University and the University of...

Hormone Replacement and Stroke.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Estrogen has been postulated to have cardiovascular protective effects, warranting its use despite adverse effects and risks such as breast cancer in persons with cardiovascular disease. However, its effect on stroke risk is unknown. Estrogen...

Earlier Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... With the increasing use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis, it is now clear that nervous system damage is ongoing from disease onset. It has been clear that treatment for MS early in the disease slows...

Stress and MS.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The idea that emotional stress could trigger symptoms of MS was first advanced by Charcot in 1877, and many patients with MS believe that stressful events are related to exacerbations. Recent research supports the relationship between stress...

Treatment of MS-Related Fatigue.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Fatigue is one of the most common complaints and disabling symptoms associated with MS. It is estimated that two of every three patients with MS experience fatigue on a recurring basis. A recent study evaluated a treatment for fatigue in MS...

Practice Guidelines for Fatigue and Bladder Management in MS.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Evidence-based practice is an approach to patient care that looks at research evidence, grades that evidence by strength of statistics and study design, and then uses the evidence to develop practice recommendations. Two clinical practice...