Listing of articles in 2005 -> March/April.
| Editorial: Why Is Quality Care Still Elusive? | | Elaine Miller, DNS RN CRRN FAHA | | | | Rehabilitation Nursing Editor
What constitutes quality care? How is it defined, measured, and operationalized? It all depends on whom you ask. There are a variety of stakeholders who have varying perspectives. You might be surpr... | | >> Continue Reading |
| Health-Related Quality of Life: Is It a Good Indicator of Function Post THR? | | Barbara Resnick, PhD CRNP FAAN FAANP • Denise Orwig, PhD • Lois Wehren, MD FACOG • William Hawkes, PhD • Richard Hebel, PhD • Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD • Jay Magaziner, PhD MSHyg | | | | The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measured with the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) on Functional Recove... | | >> Continue Reading |
| Psychometric Evaluation of Selected Pain Intensity Scales for Use with Cognitively Impaired and Cognitively Intact Older Adults | | Laurie Jowers Taylor, PhD RN • Judy Harris, MSN ARNP CRRN CCR CCM • Cynthia D. Epps, PhD RN • Keela Herr, PhD RN FAAN | | | | The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of selected pain intensity scales such as the Faces Pa... | | >> Continue Reading |
| A Theoretical Model for Preventing Osteoarthritis-Related Disability | | Tsae-Jyy Wang, MSN RN • Horng-Lin Chern, MC • Yueh-Er Chiou, MS RN | | | | Osteoarthritis (OA) affects many aspects of life for affected individuals. Effective interventions to prevent and restore function must be... | | >> Continue Reading |
| Psychological Hardiness in Women with Paraplegia | | Rachel A. Kinder, MSN RN | | | | A revised model of psychological hardiness suggests that transformational coping, positive health behaviors, and activistic social support may ... | | >> Continue Reading |
| Perspectives: The Rewards of Rehabilitation Nursing: A Story of Gratitude | | Amanda L. Jones, BSN RN | | | | When I was a young girl, I never had intense yearnings to become a rehabilitation nurse. While going through nursing school, my heart gravitated toward the labor and delivery unit. Perhaps a great minority of us ever named rehabilitation ... | | >> Continue Reading |
| Current Issues: The Ethics of Using Cybernetics and Cyborg Technologies: What Every Rehabilitation Nurse Should Know | | Linda Weaver Moore, PhD RN CNS • Linda S. Rieg, PhD RN | | | | Prosthetics and implantable devices are commonplace for rehabilitation practice. Rehabilitation nurses routinely provide care for clients who experience enhanced quality of life because of biotechnological advances. Pacemakers and prosthe... | | >> Continue Reading |
| Clinical Consultation: How Do We Prevent UTI in People Who Perform Intermittent Catheterization? | | | | | Situation: An elderly male patient of ours has had T3 ASIA D paraplegia of 25 years’ duration. At his insistence, his bladder has been managed by spontaneous voiding alone, with overflow and urge incontinence. Postvoid residuals average... | | >> Continue Reading |
| Resource Reviews | | | | | Death, Dying and Bereavement: Providing Compassion During a Time of Need
Barbara Rubel, MA BS CBS BCETS
The contents of this book serve as the course material for one of Western Schools’ continuing educa... | | >> Continue Reading |
| Products & Information | | | | | A. Micro-Stim T.E.N.S. Pain Relief Unit
The Micro-Stim T.E.N.S. unit provides patient-controlled pain relief by using a subtle current to build upon naturally occurring impulses. The dual- channel device features two pairs of e... | | >> Continue Reading |
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