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Parkinson’s disease: the challenge

06 December 2000

Nursing Standard

CPD

Parkinson’s disease is a chronic and degenerative condition. Rather than effecting a cure, the nurse’s role in caring for those with this condition is to enable them...

Understanding Parkinson’s disease

02 May 2007

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article describes the signs and symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and the complications that arise as the condition progresses. Motor and non-motor symptoms are...

The neurogenic bladder

16 February 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Many people with incontinence and bladder problems have an underlying neurogenic cause, with damage to the neurological pathways which regulate the function of the...

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...

The management of dysphagia in stroke

04 January 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical stroke

People who have strokes suffer a variety of Problems, depending on the site and severity of brain damage. A particularly unpleasant and dangerous one is dysphagia...

An audit of care planning on a neurology unit

24 January 2001

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Care planning Is an important aspect of nursing care. Carol Kirrane discusses the use of an audit tool to Improve patient care planning within a neurology unit. The...

Acquired brain injury: acute management

26 November 2003

Nursing Standard

CPD

Acquired brain injury is a non-degenerative brain injury that may affect anyone at any time. Patients with acquired brain injury are often critically ill and this...

Spasticity: a common symptom of multiple sclerosis

02 May 2001

Nursing Standard

CPD

Spasticity is a common symptom in people with multiple sclerosis. The nurse plays a vital role in the assessment and ongoing management of spasticity.