Tips on How to Review for ISPN Examinations
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Neurological Disorders
神经性障碍
Neurologic disorders encompass a wide array of problems resulting from congenital disorders, acquired dysfunction, infection, or trauma. Many of these disorders can cause severe illness. Others can result in life-threatening complications. However, bacterial meningitis and head injuries are two major causes of neurologic damage and subsequent disability in children. And prevention must be the highest priority for keeping the nervous system healthy. If degeneration has already occurred, nursing care focuses on helping the child and family develop strategies for dealing with the associated loss in mental or physical functioning, making the child comfortable, and providing an environment conducive to the child’s development and self-esteem.
Tips of this chapter will focus on the assessment and the description of the disorders, namely: