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 […]
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 […]
Evidence-Based Guidelines for Optimal Manual Wheelchair Selection, Setup and Propulsion Techniques
Alicia M. Koontz, PhD, ATP, RET, Annmarie Kelleher, MS, OTR/L, ATP, and Shirley Fitzgerald, PhD
Objectives
• Participants will be able to describe evidence-based clinical practice guidelines concerning wheelchair selection, wheelchair setup, and wheelchair propulsion techniques.
Wheelchairs are the key to providing independence for persons with spinal cord […]
Diane Hartwig, MS, ACNP, BC
Treasurer’s Report
On behalf of the AASCIN board of directors, I would like to thank those of you who contributed to AASCIN along with your membership renewal this year. As you know, AASCIN offers many wonderful opportunities for members to learn and grow professionally. Because of member contributions we can […]
Dana Reeve, the 44-year-old widow of Christopher Reeve, died shortly before midnight on March 6. She leaves behind a son, Will, age 13, two step children (from Christopher’s former relationship with Gae Exton), Mathew, 26, and Alexandra, 22, her father, Dr. Charles Morosini, and two sisters, Adrienne Heilman and Dr. Deborah Huschle.
Lynn C. Parsons, DSN, RN, CNA
Introduction
This will be my last editorial column, as I will be rotating off of the SCI Nursing Editorial Board after serving for six years. I wish the new Editorial Board well and want to express my strong desire to maintain excellence—a standard that was established by Susan […]
Carol Mills, MA, RN
The backbone of America has always been the dreams of its people. From the moment the desperate hopes of our ancestors were realized and freedom became a reality to them, to the day all men were declared equal, the people who chose to live under our flag found that their dreams […]
Now is the time for you as an AASCIN member to take action. Become involved in AASCIN by participating in one of our six standing committees and editorial board. Descriptions of the committee/board are listed below. If you are interested, please contact the AASCIN office for a committee interest form and return it with a […]