A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of a SystemCHANGE Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence in Older Adult Stroke Survivors
BACKGROUND: Adhering to an antithrombotic medication regimen is essential to reducing recurrent stroke in adult stroke survivors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the SystemCHANGE (SC) and attention control (AC) intervention in older adult, nonadherent ischemic stroke patients. METHODS: A pilot randomized controlled trial was conducted to determine the feasibility and acceptability of an SC versus AC intervention in older adult, nonadherent stroke survivors in the management of antithrombotic medication. Participants were masked to group assignment. Stroke survivors 50 years or...
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - September 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Article Source Type: research
Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assessment Questionnaire
CONCLUSION
The Turkish versions of the ALSAQ short and long forms are valid and reliable tools to be used in the assessment of the quality of life in ALS patients. (Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing)
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - September 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Article Source Type: research
Perception of Provision of Futile Care Among Clinicians in the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit
BACKGROUND: Futile care in the neuroscience intensive care unit (NSICU) can create moral distress for clinicians who may differ in their interpretation of the value of such care. We sought to compare the perception of provision of futile care in the NSICU among physicians, advanced practice providers, and intensive care unit registered nurses (ICURNs). METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of 77 patients. A standardized questionnaire was used to ask clinicians whether care being provided to NSICU patients admitted for more than 48 hours was futile and whether they would want that treatment for their loved one. Demograph...
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - September 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Article Source Type: research
Scholarship in Neuroscience Nursing
CONCLUSIONS: Research scholars conduct investigations for discovery of new knowledge. Practice scholars develop clinical knowledge through clinical practice and experience and an inquiring mindset that questions why and how certain methods or processes contribute to the achievement of certain outcomes; they look for better ways to improve processes of care and practice that will achieve optimal evidence-based outcomes. Scholarship in both research and practice domains is critical to the advancement of neuroscience nursing. Many opportunities exist for neuroscience nurses to contribute to clinical science. (Source: Journal ...
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - September 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Global Views Source Type: research
Pharmacogenomics of Cytochrome P450 of Nimodipine Metabolism After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
CONCLUSION: CYP450 enzymes can be inhibited or induced by multiple medications resulting in clinically significant differences in drug metabolism. Food and Drug Administration–approved medication nimodipine is the only medication shown to improve outcomes in patients with aSAH. Hence, it is important to have awareness of potential drug-to-drug interactions and pharmacogenomics of nimodipine when caring for critically ill patients with aSAH. (Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing)
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - September 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Pharmacology Update Source Type: research
Relationship Between Anticoagulant Medication Adherence and Satisfaction in Patients With Stroke
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing)
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - September 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Research Bytes Source Type: research
Relationship Between Anticoagulant Medication Adherence and Satisfaction in Patients With Stroke
CONCLUSION: Stroke patients were adherent and satisfied with the oral anticoagulant therapy. The MTA had good sensitivity and poor specificity. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics identified were not associated with adherence and satisfaction with treatment. (Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing)
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - September 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Article Source Type: research
A Multicenter Study on the Early Assessment of Functional Capacity of Patients With Brain Tumor After Surgery
BACKGROUND: Brain tumors pose a great therapeutic problem as they cause the impairment of basic vital functions and disability of various levels. The goal of this research was to describe and compare the functional capacity of patients in an early period after surgical treatment of brain tumor. METHODS: This multicenter study includes 165 patients who underwent surgical treatment of brain tumor, hospitalized on neurosurgical wards in Poland. The research was based on the assessment of patients’ functional capacity measured with the Functional Capacity Scale (FCS). The patients were examined twice: first, on the day of ad...
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - September 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Article Source Type: research
A Comparison of Dressing Techniques for Presurgical Closure of Myelomeningocele in the Neonate
CONCLUSION: The occlusive technique was easier to care for by all the nurses and was 6 times more cost effective. Both methods kept the placode moist and did not affect the temperature of the baby. (Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing)
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - September 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Article Source Type: research
Measurement of Patients' Perceptions of the Quality of Acute Stroke Services: Development and Validation of the STROKE Perception Report
CONCLUSION
The STROKE Perception Report enables understanding of patients' and family's beliefs about the quality of acute stroke care in essential new domains never explored before. (Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing)
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - September 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Article Source Type: research
It Wasn't Ordered
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing)
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - September 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Pupillary Light Reflex Variability as a Predictor of Clinical Outcomes in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing)
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - July 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Tags: CE Test Source Type: research
Glasgow Coma Scale: Generating Clinical Standards: Erratum
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing)
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - July 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Erratum Source Type: research
Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin Therapy for Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: A Nursing Perspective
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), an immune-mediated peripheral neuropathy, is frequently treated with long-term maintenance intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). However, disadvantages of IVIG are the systemic adverse reactions, lengthy infusions, and need for vascular access. Subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIG) addresses many of the issues encountered by those unable, or unwilling, to tolerate the treatment burden of long-term IVIG. Subcutaneous immunoglobulin, a 20% solution stabilized with L-proline, is US Food and Drug Administration–approved for CIDP maintenance therapy in patients after being s...
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - July 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Pharmacology Update Source Type: research
Successful Intrathecal Rituximab Administration in Refractory Nonteratoma Anti–N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis: A Case Report
We present a case of anti–NMDA-R encephalitis that was refractory to first- and second-line therapies, who responded to intrathecal rituximab, to highlight a novel treatment that may be able to prevent long-term disability and improve clinical outcomes. (Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing)
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - July 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Case Study Source Type: research
