Rehabilitation and Nursing Care for Stroke and Cerebral Palsy

Author: Hu Jinxia
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: As people step into the 21st century, their demand for health has no longer been limited to the basic treatment of diseases. Rehabilitation and rehabilitation medicine are increasingly gaining attention. With the development of society and the rapid advancement of science and technology, the corresponding rehabilitation nursing career is experiencing the accumulation, dissemination, and expansion of professional knowledge, while promoting continuous practice, exploration, and reference to domestic and international rehabilitation nursing. Based on China's national conditions, systematic rehabilitation training methods have been summarized, which have achieved significant results. To provide nurses with a more detailed understanding of the specialized rehabilitation content for certain diseases and enable them to quickly assume the role of rehabilitation trainers, this book focuses on introducing the rehabilitation nursing for stroke and cerebral palsy. Since stroke is one of the high-incidence diseases in China, with high mortality and disability rates, it is essential to provide systematic, timely, and scientific rehabilitation training for more stroke patients. Therefore, in practice, rehabilitation nurses have referred to a large number of recent medical and nursing literature on stroke and hemiplegia, cerebral palsy, adhering to the principles of scientific rigor, practicality, and guidance in the compilation of this book. The book is divided into two major parts and thirteen chapters, presented in a (illustrated) format, with a focus on introducing the general concepts of stroke and cerebral palsy, the preparation of the rehabilitation environment and facilities, the preparation of rehabilitation nurses' professional training skills, the assessment and guidance of psychological emotions in stroke patients, speech assessment and training, daily living ability training, and the rehabilitation nursing and training methods for cerebral palsy. This book has a broad scope of application and is highly readable. It is believed that after its publication, it will become an invaluable mentor and companion for (extensive) rehabilitation nurses, while also contributing to the development of the rehabilitation nursing profession. This book is a systematic reference guide for the rehabilitation nursing of stroke and cerebral palsy, compiled based on a wealth of domestic and international literature on rehabilitation medicine and clinical rehabilitation nursing practices. It is primarily divided into two parts: Part 1 primarily elaborates on the concept, classification, causes, symptoms, prevention and treatment principles, rehabilitation nursing, and preparation for rehabilitation nursing, psychological nursing guidance, daily living ability training, joint mobility maintenance training, and speech training; Part 2 primarily elaborates on the concept, etiology, clinical classification, diagnosis, and rehabilitation nursing methods for cerebral palsy. The content of this book is practical and highly operational, accompanied by numerous illustrations of rehabilitation nursing techniques to facilitate mastery. This book is suitable for nurses in neurology and rehabilitation departments, as well as related disciplines.