Caring for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injuries: Are you up to the challenges?
By Debra L. Ryan, MN, RN, CCRN
Expiration Date: December 31, 2012. No CE contact hours (CH) will be given after this date.
Purpose:
To provide registered nurses with a general overview of the acute hospital management of adult patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBI).
Objectives:
- Describe the pathophysiology of traumatic brain injury (TBI).
- Discuss appropriate assessment of patients with TBIs.
- Identify nursing and medical interventions for patients with TBIs.
Description:
Read the article [PDF], then click on the link below to take the test.
Authors Bio and Disclosure:
Debra L. Ryan is a clinical nurse specialist in Adult
Critical Care at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids,
Michigan.
The planners and authors of this CNE activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with any commercial companies pertaining to this activity
Contact Hours
1.9 contact hours will be awarded to nurses who successfully complete this CNE activity.
The American Nurses Association Center for Continuing Education and Professional Development is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
ANA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP6178.
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