Karen L. Klemme, RN, BSN, CRRN, CNLCP
During the 2005 Annual Conference, the AASCIN Board of Directors took the initiative to organize our first “silent auction.” The purpose was to raise funds for AASCIN activities by soliciting donations of baskets from members and then auctioning the baskets at the conference. We also thought our attendees […]
Deanna Persaud, MSN, RN
SCI Nursing, the official publication of the American Association of SCI Nurses (AASCIN) for over 20 years, has joined the era of electronic publishing. As we begin this new venture as an “online” journal, it seems appropriate to point out ways that our new format will benefit you, the reader.
Let me […]
Jeanine M. Rundquist, RN, MSN, CRRN; and Kelly Johnson, RN, MSN, CFNP, CRRN, CNAA, BC
Kelly Johnson, RN, MSN, CFNP, CRRN, CNAA, BC, left, and Jeanine M. Rundquist, RN, MSN, CRRN
Abstract
Craig Hospital is a 93-bed, acute rehabilitation hospital specializing in the care of patients with traumatic spinal cord injury and/or brain injury. Craig […]
Matthew R. Sorenson, PhD, RN; Linda Janusek, PhD, RN; and Herbert L. Mathews, PhD
Abstract
This study examined the relationships among illness uncertainty, perceived stress and disease symptomatology in outpatients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Forty three subjects with MS and 38 healthy control subjects completed a series of standardized psychological instruments. MS subjects also completed […]
LISTENING TO THE PATIENTS: ANOTHER APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD
Caroline J. Anderson, PhD; and Lawrence C. Vogel, MD
Matthew R. Sorenson, PhD, RN
Romilda Ang RN, MSc(A)N, CRRN
Designing A Shared Governance Model: Soaring To New Heights
Berthenya Dunbar, ARNP, MSN, BC; Diane Mayes, MSN, RN, CCRN; Bonnie Park, RN, BSN, CPAN; Rosemary Ashby, MS, ARNP-C; Mary Berger-Wesley, RN, MSN; Terri Cameron, RN, BSN ; Barbara T. Lorenz, ARNP-BC; and Magaret Veneman,BSN, RN, CRRN, CBIS.
Shared governance nursing models were introduced as a vehicle to […]
From the John A. Hartford Institute on Geriatric Nursing www.hartfordign.org
Issue Number 19, 2004
Series Editor: Marie Boltz, APRN, MSN, GNP
Horowitz’s Impact of Event Scale
An Assessment of Post Traumatic Stress in Older Adults
By: Joan Marren, MEd, RN, Chief Operating Officer, VNSNY and Steven Christianson, DO, MM, Medical Director, VNS CHOICE and VNSNY Home Care
WHY: Like others with […]
From the John A. Hartford Institute on Geriatric Nursing www.hartfordign.org and the Alzheimer’s Association www.alz.org
Communication Difficulties: Assessment and Interventions
By: Della Frazier-Rios, RN, MS and Cora Zembrzuski, APRN, MSN, CS, PhD (cand.)
WHY: Dementia impairs a person’s ability to communicate effectively. It reduces the ability to decode and understand information (receptive language) and the ability to encode […]