Includes index

in English

Section 1. Neuroscience nursing: contemporary practice -- The state of the science of neuroscience nursing practice -- Ethical perspectives and end-of-life care -- Beyond the hospital: preparing and caring for neuroscience patients after acute care -- Section 2. Assessment and evaluation of neuroscience patients -- Overview of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology -- Diagnostics for patients with neurological disorders -- Comprehensive neurological examination -- Neurological assessment -- Section 3. Neuroscience nursing: common management challenges -- Intracranial hypertension: theory and management of increased intracranial pressure -- Hydrocephalus -- Management of patients with an altered level of consciousness -- Neuroendocrine disorders in neuroscience patients -- Neurosurgical procedures: patient care management -- Rehabilitation of patients with neurological disorders -- Section 4. Nursing management of patients with injury to the neurological system -- Craniocerebral injuries -- Spine and spinal cord injuries -- Back pain and spinal disorders -- Section 5. Nursing management of cranial nerve disorders and peripheral nerve injuries -- Cranial nerve diseases -- Peripheral nerve injuries -- Section 6. Nursing management of patients with neoplasms of the neurological system -- Brain tumors -- Spinal cord tumors -- Section 7. Nursing management of patients with cerebrovascular disease -- Transient ischemic attacks and acute ischemic stroke -- Intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke -- Intracranial aneurysms -- Arteriovenous malformations and other cerebrovascular anomalies -- Section 8. Nursing management of patients with pain, seizures, and CNS infections -- Chronic pain -- Headaches -- Seizures and epilepsy -- Infections of the central nervous system -- Section 9. Nursing management of patients with movement disorders, neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases -- Parkinson`s disease -- Alzheimer`s disease and related dementias -- Multiple sclerosis -- Guillain-Barré syndrome -- Myasthenia gravis -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

"Neuroscience nurses practice in a very complex and challenging environment, caring for equally complex patients with multiple needs. Therefore, the contemporary neuroscience nurse engages in high-level assessment, information processing, and decision making. This requires professional competency in not only the specialty of neuroscience nursing practice, but also in general nursing and interprofessional collaborative practice. Much of the care delivered is through teams, with the nurse being an integral team member. The complexities of team communications, coordination, continuity, and safety require new models of practice to achieve optimal outcomes"--Provided by publisher

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