SCI Nursing Journal

Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN)
32nd Annual Educational Conference
“A Call to Action”
October 4–7, 2006
Palmer House Hilton
Chicago, Illinois
Web site: www.rehabnurse.org
Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates
37th Annual Educational Conference
October 27-30, 2006
Hyatt Regency Crown Center
Kansas City, Missouri
Web site: www.suna.org
The Howard H. Steel Conference
Injuries and Dysfunction of the Spinal Cord in Children
November 29–December 2, 2006
The Hilton in the Walt Disney […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

Fries, J. M. (2005). Critical Rehabilitation of The Patient With Spinal Cord Injury.
Critical Care Nurse Quarterly 28 (2), 179-187.
Reviewed by: Carol L. Leedom MSN, RN
Patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI) are not always admitted to rehabilitation facilities/units as early as desirable because of multi-trauma they may have experienced. Many are returning to critical care units […]

Catalano, J. T. (2003). Nursing Now! Today’s Issues, Tomorrow’s Trends.
Philadelphia: F. A. Davis. ISBN: 0-8036-1040-8, 452 pages,
$39.95.
Review by: Carol L. White, RN, BSN, CRRN
Nursing Now! Today’s Issues, Tomorrow’s Trends presents important issues and trends that are needed in the development of professional nurses as they face the challenges of nursing today and tomorrow. It is […]