THE CHALLENGES OF NURSING STROKE MANGEMENT IN REHABILITATION CENTRES

Provides evidence-based knowledge for nurses in stroke rehabilitation centers Offers specific information to nurses who work in multidisciplinary teams Gives valuable insights from international authors This volume provides integral knowledge of all aspects of stroke care and rehabilitation after stroke and is therefore highly relevant for nurses who work in rehabilitation centers. It outlines the several phases after stroke, for example, the type of care patients may receive in the chronic phase at home. Nurses will obtain knowledge about treatment, the importance of observation, and caring with a special focus on communication problems, swallowing problems, activities of daily living, urinary and defecation problems, shoulder and hand issues. Thanks to photographs, nurses will learn to transfer patients’ inadequate positions. Several chapters provide nurses with examples of effective and efficient collaboration with multidisciplinary professionals, informal caregivers, and patients