The Role and Contributions of Nurses in Stroke Rehabilitation Units: An Integrative Review.

West J Nurs Res

Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario (WeRPN), Mississauga, ON, Canada.

Published: August 2023

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Nurses' contributions to stroke rehabilitation have been viewed as pivotal, but therapeutically nonspecific. This integrative review synthesized empirical literature on the roles and contributions of nurses to inpatient stroke rehabilitation to answer three research questions: (a) What specific skills or tasks have been identified as the roles and contributions of nurses to inpatient stroke rehabilitation? (b) How do nurses perform these skills/tasks to support and promote inpatient stroke rehabilitation and recovery? and (c) What factors have been identified to impact nurses' working conditions on inpatient stroke rehabilitation units? A systematic search of multiple electronic databases retrieved seven studies which provided significant context and examples to these questions. in practice included, for example, maximizing patients' independence in performing daily activities, preventing harm, and preserving integrity. their therapeutic roles included teaching, coaching, coordination, management, advocacy, collaboration. consisted of time, resources, and knowledge. This review demonstrates our current understanding of nurses' contributions to inpatient stroke rehabilitation, highlights their significant role, identifies current barriers/challenges of implementing stroke nursing care, and suggests ways of documenting and measuring nurses' contributions.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10399098PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01939459231178495DOI Listing

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