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ArticleJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR2012

Improving neuro-oncological patients care: basic and practical concepts for nurse specialist in neuro-rehabilitation.

Michelangelo Bartolo, Chiara Zucchella, Andrea Pace, Alessandro Marco De Nunzio, Mariano Serrao, Giorgio Sandrini, Francesco Pierelli

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Article in Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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  4. Rehabilitation pathways in adult brain tumor patients in the first 12 months of disease. A retrospective analysis of services utilization in 719 patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2016
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  7. The prognostic value of Smad4 mRNA in patients with prostate cancer.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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7 authors.

Michelangelo BartoloNeuroRehabilitation Unit, IRCCS NEUROMED, Mediterranean Neurological Institute, Pozzilli, Isernia, Italy. bartolomichelangelo@gmail.com
Chiara Zucchella
Andrea Pace
Alessandro Marco De Nunzio
Mariano Serrao
Giorgio Sandrini
Francesco Pierelli

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNeuro-oncological population well expresses the complexity of neurological disability due to the multiple neurological deficits that affect these patients. Moreover, due to the therapeutical opportunities survival times for patients with brain tumor have increased and more of these patients require rehabilitation care. The figure of nurse in the interdisciplinary specialty of neurorehabilitation is not clearly defined, even if their role in this setting is recognized as being critical and is expanding.The purpose of the study is to identify the standard competencies for neurorehabilitation nurses that could be taught by means of a specialization course.

methodsA literature review was conducted with preference given to works published between January 2000 and December 2008 in English. The search strategy identified 523 non-duplicated references of which 271 titles were considered relevant. After reviewing the abstracts, 147 papers were selected and made available to a group of healthcare professionals who were requested to classify them in few conceptual main areas defining the relative topics.

resultsThe following five main areas were identified: clinical aspects of nursing; nursing techniques; nursing methodology; relational and organisational models; legal aspects of nursing. The relative topics were included within each area. As educational method a structured course based on lectures and practical sessions was designed. Also multi-choices questions were developed in order to evaluate the participants' level of knowledge, while a semi-structured interview was prepared to investigate students' satisfaction.

conclusionsLiterature shows that the development of rehabilitation depends on the improvement of scientific and practical knowledge of health care professionals. This structured training course could be incorporated into undergraduate nursing education programmes and also be inserted into continuing education programmes for graduate nurses. Developing expertise in neuro-rehabilitation for nurses, will be critical to improve overall care and care management of patients with highly complex disabilities as patients affected by brain tumors. The next step will be to start discussing, at the level of scientific societies linked to the field of neurorehabilitation and oncology, the development of a specialisation course in neurorehabilitation nursing.

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Brain NeoplasmsEducation, NursingPatient CareHumansNurse's Role

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PMCPMC3527182

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