The role of nurses in the long-term rehabilitative process of stroke patients : a scoping review inspired study
Bengs, Joakim (2020)
Bengs, Joakim
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020052413235
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020052413235
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The individual that has suffered from a stroke, has a long rehabilitation process in front of them. The role of various specialists included in the rehabilitation process are well defined in literature, while nurses are known to be included in this process, the actual role of nurses has not been clearly defined. The aim of this thesis was to determine the role of nurses in the long-term rehabilitation of stroke patients.
The study is done with the use of a qualitative literature review, with scoping review as inspiration.
In the background, knowledge about stroke, it’s risk factors, preventive measures and rehabilitative process that is essential for the understanding of the results are explained; it was also important to be mirror the background with the results to be able to clearly define similarities and differences between the texts.
The texts used for the study are scientific articles that are relevant to the topic.
The results found show a clear role of the nurse in the long-term rehabilitation process; primarily the care of the physical, emotional, familiar and socioeconomic status.
Challenges in the results showed that the nurses experienced a lack time as the biggest barrier for giving good care.
When the results were mirrored with the nursing theories, clear signs of influence from the theories were also noted in the texts.
The study is done with the use of a qualitative literature review, with scoping review as inspiration.
In the background, knowledge about stroke, it’s risk factors, preventive measures and rehabilitative process that is essential for the understanding of the results are explained; it was also important to be mirror the background with the results to be able to clearly define similarities and differences between the texts.
The texts used for the study are scientific articles that are relevant to the topic.
The results found show a clear role of the nurse in the long-term rehabilitation process; primarily the care of the physical, emotional, familiar and socioeconomic status.
Challenges in the results showed that the nurses experienced a lack time as the biggest barrier for giving good care.
When the results were mirrored with the nursing theories, clear signs of influence from the theories were also noted in the texts.