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 […]
Paul Kennedy, DPhil; Lynne Hindson, BSc (Hons); and Nicola Taylor, BSc (Hons)
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to retrospectively investigate the general benefits and impact that activity courses have on coping, activity involvement, relationships, and self-perception. Participants who had attended a multi-activity “Back-Up” course between 1998 and 2002 completed questionnaires related to demographics, […]
RESEARCH CORNER Edited by Patricia Beat Reisinger, MS, CRRN, FNP-C
Introduction
As spinal cord injury (SCI) nurses we need to be aware of the cognitive impairments in relation to our SCI patient population. Cognitive impairments will be discussed in this article in the form of brain injury and dementia.
Twenty eight percent of patients with […]