STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper is to quantify the socioeconomic gap in long term health outcomes after stroke and related health care utilisation, in order to evaluate whether those in need of care do actually receive appropriate levels of care. DESIGN Stroke patients from the lower socioeconomic group were compared with stroke patients from the higher socioeconomic group with respect ...

background: we aimed to research the value of extended nursing for cerebral stroke patients within a suitable recovery empty period. methods: seventy-two cerebral stroke patients were randomized to a control group or treatment group at the recovery period at xuzhou recovery hospital, china in 2016. a recovery guidance exercise was applied to the control group for a set time, while a recovery gu...

Introduction: Cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) are pathologies that generate functional limitation among people who do not die, which translates into frailty and worsening of the patient's condition a significant demand for healthcare. For this reason, protocols procedures sanitary action have been developed. However, little has said about importance care based on scientific evidence during stab...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In-hospital mortality is higher for certain medical conditions based on the time of presentation to the emergency department. The primary goal of this study was to determine whether patients with acute ischemic stroke who arrived to the emergency department during a nursing shift change had similar rates of thrombolytic use and functional outcomes compared with patients p...

Background: Stroke care is becoming increasingly reliant on advanced nursing practice (ANP); however, little known about these roles within the stroke specialty. Aims: To explore current knowledge of in services internationally, specifically, conceptualisation ANP and rationale for its implementation. Methods: Arskey O'Malley's scoping review methodology was employed, six academic databases wer...

Two interventions for improving stroke caregiver knowledge, stabilizing family function, promoting patient adjustment, and enlisting the use of social resources after stroke were compared with routine medical and nursing care of stroke patients (n = 61) at a 440-bed Veterans Administration Medical Center. The education intervention (n = 64) consisted of classroom instruction for caregivers abou...

conclusions since wetting of umbilical cord during tub bathing delays the separation of umbilical cord, sponge bathing is recommended for newborns until the umbilical cord falls off. results the time of separation of umbilical cord in babies who were given sponge bathing (6.1 ± 1.4) was shorter compared to those given tub bathing (8.3 ± 2.5) (p < 0.005). patients and methods this quasi-experime...

context studies show that despite the role of mouth care in preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia, there is no high quality evidences for it. this study reviewed the literature related to mouth care in patients receiving mechanical ventilation. evidence acquisition pubmed, ovide, elsevier, proquest, iranmedex, sid, and magiran databases were searched using key terms such as oral care, mout...

extract   when you are faced with a diabetic person that has been numbness, lethargic or confuse condition and likely to enter into a diabetic coma what nursing interventions should be done?   the answer of question is related to complete review of symptoms by nurses. typically, in the most cases hypoglycemia can cause coma. the next cause of coma is diabetic ketoacidosis that occurs with hyper...

BACKGROUND Stroke is one of the major causes of loss of independence, decreased quality of life and mortality among elderly people. About half of the elderly stroke patients discharged after rehabilitation in a nursing home still experience serious impairments in daily functioning one year post stroke, which can lead to difficulties in picking up and managing their social life. The aim of this ...