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The award-winning Rehabilitation Nursing, rated by members as one of the most valuable benefits of belonging to ARN, provides up-to-date information on a broad spectrum of rehabilitation nursing topics; articles ranging from administration and research to education and clinical topics; nursing perspectives, resource reviews, and product information; and continuing education opportunities in every issue. In 2006 Rehabilitation Nursing was added to the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) Web of Science. The ISI Web of Sciences provides seamless access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,700 of the most prestigious, high-impact research journals in the world. Current Issue - January/February 2010
| Editorial: Value of Discipline in Our Chaotic Healthcare Environment
| | Elaine Tilka Miller, DNS RN CRRN FAHA FAAN, Editor | | | | For most of us, achieving worthwhile things in life requires time, hard work, and prolonged effort. Personal discipline contributes to being an excellent parent or grandparent, exceptional clinician, or nurse with an advanced degree; developing clinic... | | >> Continue Reading |
| Development of a Congestive Heart Failure Protocol in a Rehabilitation Setting
(CE) | | Rose Anderson, MSN RN CNS CNA CRRN • Susan Joy, BSN CRRN • Amy Carkido, RN • Sarah Anthony, BSN RN • David Smyntek • Dana Stewart • Stella Perrine, CIC MT (ASCP) • Terry A. Puet, MD • Edward T. Butler, MD
| | | | A number of patients in a rehabilitation setting were being transferred to acute-care facilities with a diagnosis of congestive heart failure (CHF). A transfer penalty was charged to the rehabilitation facility based on each patient�... | | >> Continue Reading |
| Coping Strategies, Physical Function, and Social Adjustment in People with Spinal Cord Injury
| | Hee-Young Song, PhD RN • Kyoung A Nam, PhD RN
| | | | This descriptive study examined the role of coping strategies as predictors of physical function and social adjustment in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). A sample of 128 community-residing individuals with SCI completed the stru... | | >> Continue Reading |
| Maintaining the Balance: Older Adults with Chronic Health Problems Manage Life in the Community
(CE) | | Cynthia S. Jacelon, PhD RN CRRN
| | | | The purpose of this research was to identify themes in the daily lives of community-dwelling older adults with chronic health problems. Qualitative descriptive methods based on symbolic interaction were used. Data were generated throu... | | >> Continue Reading |
| Outcome Three Years After Motor Stroke
(CE) | | Janice L. Hinkle, PhD RN CNRN
| | | | There are few well-designed descriptive studies that focus exclusively on the long-term outcomes of patients after motor stroke. This study reports mortality rates and describes the psychological and functional outcomes 3 years after ... | | >> Continue Reading |
| Testing a Teaching Appointment and Geragogy-Based Approach to Medication Knowledge at Discharge
| | Sharon Kimball, MS RN CRRN CNL • Gail Buck, LPN • Debora Goldstein, RN CRRN • Elena Largaespada, RN CRRN • Lauren Logan, MSN RN • Diane Stebbins, RNC • Lisa Halvorsen, PhD CNS RN • Kris Kalman-Yearout, MBA RN
| | | | Limited research is available on how best to provide discharge teaching for rehabilitation patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of different methods for providing education to increase patient knowledg... | | >> Continue Reading |
| Leading Change
| | Ruth Ann Kiefer, DrNP RN CRRN
| | | | Teamwork remains a big part of a rehabilitation unit’s success. What do you do when there is dissension within the ranks and each shift becomes segregated, is resentful of the other, and spends a good part of each day complaining ab... | | >> Continue Reading |
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