Rehabilitation Nursing for Brain Injury

Course overview

Care of the person with a brain injury can be challenging, and rehabilitation may be short or long-term, in-patient or out-patient. With a new recognition of concussion as brain injury, numbers of recognized brain injuries have increased, and research and treatment continue to evolve. This course presents an overview of brain injury rehabilitation, beginning with the changes in physiology, and including information on key assessment parameters, rehabilitation nursing interventions, ideal educational objectives, and anticipated functional outcomes depending upon the type of injury and its effects.