Nursing practice in multiple sclerosis : a core curriculum / / June Halper, Colleen Harris.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Halper, June.
• TeilnehmendeR: Harris, Colleen.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 3rd ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: viii, 220 p. :; ill.
• Notes: Rev. ed. of: Nursing practice in multiple sclerosis : a core curriculum / founding editor, June Halper ; editorial advisors, Kathleen Costello, Colleen Harris. 2nd ed. c2006.

Table of Contents

• The history of multiple sclerosis
• Domains of multiple sclerosis nursing practice
• Change theory and its application in multiple sclerosis nursing
• Multiple sclerosis nurses' code of professional conduct
• Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis
• The complete neurologic examination
• Magnetic resonance imaging
• The diagnosis and prognosis of multiple sclerosis
• The immune system and its role in multiple sclerosis
• Multiple sclerosis : managing the disease
• The symptom chain in multiple sclerosis
• The multiple sclerosis care team
• Bladder dysfunction
• Bowel elimination and continence
• The nurse's role in advanced multiple sclerosis
• Psychosocial implications
• Financial and vocational concerns
• Special needs in multiple sclerosis
• The nurse's role in ms research
• Complementary and alternative therapies
• Overview
• Certification study questions.