The Role of the Nurse Academician in Promoting Evidence-Based Practice in a Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit

2007 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 190-191
Author(s):  
Mary Catherine Gebhardt
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Rehabilitation Unit ◽  
Injury Rehabilitation

scholarly journals In-patient neuropsychiatric brain injury rehabilitation

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 264-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Lazaro ◽  
Rob Butler ◽  
Simon Fleminger
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Verbal Aggression ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Severe Brain Injury ◽  
Rehabilitation Unit ◽  
Injury Rehabilitation ◽  
Physical Problems ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Mean

Aims and MethodTo discuss the service offered by an in-patient neuropsychiatric brain injury rehabilitation unit. To examine the demographic details of patients admitted to the unit. To find the commonest reasons for referral.ResultsThe notes of 78 patients admitted to the unit, over a two-year period, were examined. Seventy-three per cent were male and the mean age was 45 years. Seventy-five per cent of admissions had a severe brain injury. Two-thirds of the patients were admitted within six months of their injury. The most common reasons for referral were memory difficulties (n=61), verbal aggression (n=31) and temper control(n=25).Clinical ImplicationsIn-patient neuropsychiatric brain injury rehabilitation units offer management of patients referred with a wide range of cognitive, behavioural, functional and physical problems.

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