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Medical-surgical nursing: neurological and musculoskeletal disorders

Assess, act on the time-critical signs, and pro‐ tect the client: stroke, brain pressure, seizures, spinal injury, nerve disease, bones, joints and pain. A study guide for US nursing students. Covers Neuro assessment (GCS rules in words), stroke recognition and time-critical actions, increased ICP, seizures, spinal cord injury (autonomic dysreflexia), MS/MG/Guillain-Barré/Parkinson comparisons, fractures, compartment syndrome, casts and traction rules, osteoporosis, amputation and joint replacement precautions, pain assessment..