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Head injuries: acute care

01 July 2000

Emergency Nurse

CPD

Nurses working in acute care settings will encounter patients with various head injuries. Philip Woodrow describes the nurse’s role in care planning, monitoring and...

Head injuries: acute care

17 May 2000

Nursing Standard

CPD

Nurses working in acute care settings will encounter patients with various head injuries. Philip Woodrow describes the nurse’s role in care planning, monitoring and...

Nursing students’understanding of the glasgow coma scale

11 April 2006

Nursing Standard

Art & science

Aim To explore third year nursing students’ understanding of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). Method An explorative survey using a semi-structured questionnaire was...

Observing and recording neurological dysfunction

08 March 2011

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Despite research suggesting that the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) has limitations, its results are regarded as the gold standard in assessments of patient consciousness...

Assessing the neurological status of patients with head injuries

05 March 2010

Emergency Nurse

Feature

The aim of this article is to inform staff who are new to emergency care settings how to use the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) when managing patients with head injuries....

The Glasgow Coma Scale in adults: doing it right

07 December 2016

Emergency Nurse

CPD

After 40 years, the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is the resource of choice for assessing the level of consciousness in patients with neurological conditions. Clinicians’...

The Glasgow Coma Scale and other neurological observations

27 April 2005

Nursing Standard

Learning zone

The primary tool used by nurses to assess a patient’s neurological status is the neurological observation chart incorporating the Glasgow Coma Scale. This article...

The Glasgow Coma Scale and other neurological observations

27 April 2005

Nursing Standard

CPD

The primary tool used by nurses to assess a patient’s neurological status is the neurological observation chart incorporating the Glasgow Coma Scale. This article...

Practical aspects of performing Glasgow Coma Scale observations

Nursing Standard

evidence & practice

The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a tool that was developed to identify and chart possible changes or deterioration in a patient's level of consciousness and their...

Assessing for head injury in alcohol-intoxicated patients

14 September 2017

Emergency Nurse

Evidence & practice

Each year, 1.4 million people with recent head injuries attend emergency departments in England and Wales. The incidence of head injury in acutely intoxicated...