Rehabilitation Nursing: A Contemporary Approach to Practice is a clinically-focused text designed to integrate rehabilitation into an academic curriculum, educate nurses new to the specialty, and aid practicing nurses preparing for certification. Incorporating competencies set forth by the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN), it includes key terms, learning objectives, case studies, critical thinking, personal reflection, resources, and web links. Evidence-based and practical, this text offers unique and expert insights from an interdisciplinary author team drawing from nursing, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, psychology, social work, nutrition, veterinary medicine, law, business, and many more. All chapters address ethics, research, and teaching and include a wide-variety of topics such as stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, joint replacement, neurological problems, cardio/pulmonary, chronic illness, pediatric and geriatric rehabilitation, and health policy. In addition, it explores exciting areas such as polytrauma, life care planning, and animal assisted therapy.

Providing a solid foundation of concepts and principles, this book maintains the fundamental focus of rehabilitation nursing: holistic care of the rehabilitation client to achieve maximum potential outcomes in functional and lifestyle independence.

Nurses play a key role in the rehabilitation process - maximisingthe quality of life and independence of individuals followingtrauma, disease or enduring chronic illness. Advancing Practice inRehabilitation Nursing provides an in-depth analysis of specialistpractice in rehabilitation nursing. It examines the research basisunderlying clinical practice and identifies unique attributes ofthe nursing role within the context of multidisciplinary andmulti-agency working. The first part of Advancing Practice in Rehabilitation Nursingexplores general principles of specialist rehabilitation practice,which can be applied to both community and in-patient settings. Thesecond part addresses specific issues in core areas of practiceincluding stroke, acquired brain injury, spinal injury, orthopaedicrehabilitation and management of people with long-term conditions.

This is a step-by-step guide to all procedures performed in subacute, home health, day rehab, long-term care and in-patient facility settings. The text emphasizes the team management of rehabilitative care and gives the interdisciplinary team a unifying resource for sage and effective practice.

Using the unique cycles of trauma framework, the 4th edition of this classic and highly acclaimed resource is thoroughly updated to bring you comprehensive coverage of cutting-edge research findings and current issues, trends, and controversies in trauma nursing. Detailed information guides you through all phases of care – from preventive care and the time of injury to the resuscitative, operative, critical, intermediate, and rehabilitative stages. Timely discussions on emerging topics such as mass casualty and rural trauma/telemedicine keep you up to date with the latest developments in the field. This practical, evidence-based reference is the most complete resource available for both novice and experienced trauma nurses working in a variety of care settings. - Comprehensive coverage includes practical, clinically relevant trauma information for nurses at all levels of knowledge and experience working in a variety of settings. - Evidence-based content ensures that you are using the latest and most reliable information available to provide state-of-the-art care for trauma patients. - A user-friendly format, logical organization, and helpful tables and illustrations help you find information quickly and clarify key concepts and procedures. - Detailed information guides you through all phases of care – from preventive care and the time of injury to the resuscitative, operative, critical, intermediate, and rehabilitative stages. - Special populations coverage prepares you to meet the unique needs of pregnant, pediatric, and elderly patients, as well as bariatric patients, burn victims, patients with substance abuse issues, and organ and tissue donors. - A section on Clinical Management Concepts gives you a solid understanding of key issues affecting all patients regardless of their injury, including mechanism of injury, traumatic shock, patient/family psychosocial responses to trauma, pain management, wound healing, and nutrition. - A new Mass Casualty chapter prepares you to act quickly and confidently in the event of a disaster, with guidelines for initial response and sustained response, lessons learned from recent disasters, government involvement, and hazmat, bioterrorism, and nuclear-radiological preparedness. - A new chapter on Rural Trauma/Telemedicine focuses on the unique nature of rural trauma care and offers strategies to help you improve healthcare delivery in this challenging environment. - A new Trauma in the Bariatric Patient chapter provides the specialized information you need to meet the challenges and needs of this growing patient population.

The Specialty Practice of Rehabilitation Nursing: A Core Curriculum, 8th edition, is the essential resource for all rehabilitation nurses-novice to expert-who are instrumental in assisting clients with their recovery and transition back to the community. This eighth edition of the Core continues to serve as the best-in-class source for foundational rehabilitation nursing knowledge, which is now in an easy-to-use narrative format.Each edition of the Core Curriculum has reflected the evolving nature of rehabilitation nursing and health care; the eighth edition is no exception. Expanded to include contemporary topics like emergency preparedness, cancer in the rehabilitation setting, and pain management and related complications, this edition is a valuable resource for nurses across all post-acute care settings and roles.

This textbook aims to focus on the core knowledge, skills and attitudes which should be common to all rehabilitative roles regardless of client groups or the setting of care. It aims to develop an appropriate knowledge base for the development of rehabilitation nursing practice. The book is divided into three main sections 1 General Issues, covering the context in which rehabilitation nursing takes place, and providing the reader with an understanding of the theoretical frameworks and concepts which underpin rehabilitation. 2. Care planning, is devoted to the nurses role in rehabilitation , explored in the context of care planning and rehabilitation. 3. Issues in Rehabilitation, is intended to challenge thinking about rehabilitation by focussing on some more controversial issues within rehabilitation and nurses role within it.