Rehabilitating stroke patients in the acute care setting
Fowler, S.; Durkee, C.M.; Webb, D.J.
Medsurg Nursing Official Journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses 5(5): 327-332
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 1092-0811 PMID: 8981866 Document Number: 458056
The 1990s has been heralded as the Decade of the Brain. The National Stroke Association refers to stroke as a brain attack. Medical and nursing interventions are aimed at limiting the extent of brain injury, promoting early reperfusion, and preventing complications as a result of secondary injury or hazards of immobility. Medical-surgical nurses play a key role in facilitating collaborative rehabilitation in the acute care setting to achieve expected outcomes for the patient and family.