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Stroke care and rehabilitation

Bernard Gibbon Lecturer in Nursing, Department of Nursing, University of Liverpool

This article explores the nurse’s role in the care and rehabilitation of patients who have had a stroke. It relates to UKCC Professional Development categories: Care enhancement and Patient, family, client and colleague support

Aim and intended learning outcomes

The aim of this article is to explore the nurse’s role in the care and rehabilitation of patients who have had a stroke. After reading the article, the nurse will be able to:

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Express his or her knowledge and understanding of the principles of nursing care in acute stroke

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Explore the common physical, psychological and social problems of stroke

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Explain the reasons for planned interventions

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Demonstrate the ways in which communication can be facilitated in the dysphasic patient

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Review the contribution made by the various members of the interdisciplinary team

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Discuss the nurse's contribution to the rehabilitation of stroke patients.

Nursing Standard. 11, 12, 51-56. doi: 10.7748/ns.11.12.51.s47

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11 December 1996 / Vol 11 issue 12

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