> CJNN > Issue Archive

Editor: Theresa Green, RN, PhD cjnn@cann.ca

CJNN Issue Archive

Volume 33, Issue 2, 2011

Relationships between biophysical and psychosocial outcomes following minor stroke
By T.L. Green, RN, PhD, and K.M. King, RN, PhD
p. 15–23.

Brain Tumour Foundation Award Paper
Pediatric posterior fossa syndrome (PFS): Nursing strategies in the post-operative period
By Emily Parent, RN(BSc, BScN), and Lauren Scott, RN(BScN)
p. 24–31.

Medtronic Award Paper
Transition from pediatric to adult health care for young adults with neurological disorders: Parental perspectives
By Heather Davies, N, MSc(A), CNN(C), Janet Rennick, N, PhD, and Annette Majnemer, OT, PhD, FCAHS
p. 32–39.

Volume 33, Issue 1, 2011

Myotonic dystrophy (DM1) and dysphagia: The need for dysphagia management guidelines and an assessment tool
By Kori A. LaDonna, BA, PhD Candidate, Wilma J. Koopman, RN(EC), MScN, NP, and Shannon L. Venance, MD, PhD
p. 42–46.

Detecting cognitive impairment in clients with mild stroke or transient ischemic attack attending a stroke prevention clinic
By Gail MacKenzie, RN, MScN, Linda Gould, RPN, Sandra Ireland, RN, PhD, Kathryn LeBlanc, BsC, PhD, and Demetrios Sahlas, MSc, MD, FRCP(C)
p. 47–50.

Volume 32, Issue 4, 2010

Nurse case management to improve risk reduction outcomes in a stroke prevention clinic
By Sandra Ireland, RN, PhD, Gail MacKenzie, RN, MScN, Linda Gould, RPN, Diane Dassinger, RN, Alicja Koper, RN, and Kathryn LeBlanc, BSc, MSc
p. 7–13.

Examining the relationship between patient-centred care and outcomes
By Sonia Poochikian-Sarkissian, RN, ACNP, PhD, CNN(C), Souraya Sidani, RN, PhD, Mary Ferguson-Pare, RN, PhD, and Diane Doran, RN, PhD
p. 14–21.

Analyse du rôle de l’infirmière dans le suivi des personnes atteintes de maladies neuromusculaires
Par Cynthia Gagnon, erg., PhD, Maud-Christine Chouinard, inf., PhD, Mélissa Lavoie, inf., MSc, et François Champagne, PhD
p. 22–29.

Volume 32, Issue 3, 2010

Mary Glover Lecture presented at the CANN Conference, Quebec City, Quebec, June 2010
Working in neuro… The need for self-care
Linda Yetman
p. 12–16.

Medtronic Award Paper presented at the CANN Conference, Quebec City, Quebec, June 2010
Selective dorsal rhizotomy in children: Comparison of outcomes after single-level versus multi-level laminectomy technique
Christine Ou, Sarah Kent, Stacey Miller and Paul Steinbok
p. 17–24.

Codman Award Paper presented at the CANN Conference, Quebec City, Quebec, June 2010
The needs of family members of severe traumatic brain injured patients during critical and acute care: A qualitative study
Alanna Keenan and Lynn Joseph
p. 25–35.

Brain Tumour Foundation Award Paper presented at the CANN Conference, Quebec City, Quebec, June 2010
Truth-telling and an adolescent diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour: Who are we protecting?
Arbelle Manicat-Emo, Dzigbordi Bankas, Laura Bradbury, and Beverly Espedido
p. 36–40.

Volume 32, Issue 2, 2010

Development of clinical practice guidelines for patient management of blood pressure instability in multiple system atrophy, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological disorders
Paula Viscomi and Janet Jeffrey
p. 6–19.

Quality of life and caregiver outcomes following decompressive hemicraniectomy for severe stroke: A narrative literature review
Theresa L. Green, Nancy Newcommon and Andrew Demchuk
p. 24–33.

An experiential learning model applied to nurses working with patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Rolande D’Amour and Pierrette Guimond
p. 34–39.

Volume 32, Issue 1, 2010

Supportive care needs of caregivers of individuals following stroke: A synopsis of research
Laura MacIsaac, Margaret B. Harrison and Christina Godfrey
p. 39–45.

Volume 31, Issue 4, 2009

Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Award Paper presented at CANN Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 2009
Neurofibromatosis 2—A family journey
Linda Clarke
p. 7–14.

Maternal coping and adaptation: A case study examination of chronic sorrow in caring for an adolescent with a progressive neurodegenerative disease
Amanda M.E. Bettle and Margot A. Latimer
p. 15–21.

Patient awareness of seizures as documented in the epilepsy monitoring unit
Sonia Poochikian-Sarkissian, Peter Tai, Martin del Campo, Danielle M. Andrade, Peter L. Carlen, Taufik Valiante and Richard A. Wennberg
p. 22–23.

Sleep disturbance in Parkinson’s Disease: A human response to illness
Tamara Wells, Jo-Ann V. Sawatzky and Diana E. McMillan
p. 24–31.

Volume 31, Issue 3, 2009

Codman Award Paper presented at CANN Conference, Halifax, N.S., June 2009: Midline location of tumour is a risk factor for postoperative vomiting in children requiring posterior fossa tumour resection
Susan Neufeld, Belinda Dundon, Herta Yu, Christine Newburn-Cook and Jane Drummond, J.E.
p. 10–14.

Mary Glover Lecture presented at the CANN Conference, Halifax, N.S., June 2009
Father Neil McKenna
p. 18–21.

Medtronic Award Paper presented at CANN Conference, Halifax, N.S., June 2009: Intrathecal baclofen and pregnancy: Implications for clinical care
Margo DeVries-Rizzo, Diny Warren, Gail Delaney, Simon Levin, Craig Campbell and Sandrine DeRibaupierre
p. 21–24.

Volume 31, Issue 2, 2009

Using the Human Response to Illness Model to assess altered level of consciousness in patients with subdural hematomas
Janice Nesbitt and Jo-Ann V. Sawatzky
p. 6–12.

A pediatric experience with endoscopic third ventriculostomy for hydrocephalus
Kelly J. Bullivant, Walter Hader and Mark Hamilton
p. 16–19.

Back to life again—Patients’ experiences of hope three to four years after a spinal cord injury—A longitudinal study
Vibeke Lohne
p. 20–25.

Volume 31, Issue 1, 2009

Caring for families: Double bindes in neuroscience nursing
Linda Yetman
p. 22–29.

The efficacy of 5-HT3 receptor antagonists for the prevention of postoperative vomiting following craniotomy: Two studies in children and young adults
Susan M. Neufeld and Christine V. Newburn-Cook
p. 30–34.

Volume 30, Issue 4, 2008

Management strategies for improving the tolerability of interferons in the treatment of multiple sclerosis
Nathalie Girouard and Guylaine Théorêt
p. 18–25.

Neuroscience nurses caring for family members of patients with acquired brain injury in acute ward settings: Nursing defensively in a double bind
Linda Yetman
p. 26–33.

Volume 30, Issue 3, 2008

CANN Brain Tumour Foundation Award Paper: Discharge management of an adolescent female with posterior fossa syndrome: A case report
Lisa Pearlman, Alison McVittie and Kerry Hunter
p. 14–20.

CANN Codman Award Paper: Morphine infusions after pediatric cranial surgery: A retrospective analysis of safety and efficacy
Christine Hui-Kuan Ou, Sarah Kent, Amy Hammond, Tim Bowen-Roberts, Paul Steinbok and Daniel Warren
p. 21–30.

CANN Medtronic Award Paper: Neurological assessment by nurses using the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale: Implementation of best practice guidelines
Sophia Gocan and Andrea Fisher
p. 31–42.

Volume 30, Issue 2, 2008

Smell and taste dysfunction following minor stroke: A case report
Theresa L. Green, Lisa D. McGregor and Kathryn M. King
p. 10–13.

Examining the relationship between patient-centred care and outcomes on a neuroscience unit: A pilot project
Sonia Poochikian-Sarkissian, Richard A. Wennberg and Souraya Sidani
p. 14–19.

Volume 30, Issue 1, 2008

What are the risk factors for nausea and vomiting after neurosurgery? A systematic review
Susan Neufeld and Christine Newburn-Cook
p. 23–34.

Living with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy: A phenomenological study
Jeanie Krause-Bachand and Wilma Koopman
p. 35–39.

Volume 29, Issue 2, 2007

Barriers and facilitators to caring for individuals with stroke in the community: The family’s experience
Carole L. White, Nicol Korner-Bitensky, Nathalie Rodrigue, Christina Rosmus, Rosa Sourial, Sylvie Lambert and Sharon Wood-Dauphinee
p. 5–12.

Education in stroke prevention: Efficacy of an educational counselling intervention to increase knowledge in stroke survivors
Theresa Green, Eryka Haley, Michael Eliasziw and Keith Hoyte
p. 13–20.

Brain Tumour Foundation Award 2007: Glomus jugulare tumours: Are they really so benign?
Wendy Blackburn, Grace Leung and Catherine Morash
p. 21–28.

Volume 29, Issue 1, 2007

The relationship between body image and depression in women diagnosed with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis
Shauna Kindrat
p. 8–13.

Shampoo after craniotomy: A pilot study
Sandra Ireland, Karen Carlino, Linda Gould, Fran Frazier, Patricia Haycock, Suzin Ilton, Rachel Deptuck, Brenda Bousfield, Donna Verge, Karen Antoni, Louise MacRae, Heather Renshaw, Ann Bialachowski, Carol Chagnon and Kesava Reddy
p. 14–19.

Quality of life in epilepsy
Sonia Poochikian-Sarkissian, Richard A. Wennberg, Souraya Sidani and Gerald M. Devins
p. 20–25.

AXON Issue archive

Volume 28, Issue 4, Focus on Stroke 2007

The National Stroke Nursing Council: A nursing call for action
Rhonda Hardy-Joel and Teri Green
p. 7–8.

Neurological assessment of the stroke patient: The Canadian Neurological Scale
Michelle MacKay, Karen Legg, and Shannon Nearing
p. 9–10.

Volume 28, Issue 3, Spring 2007

Ongoing transitions: The impact of a malignant brain tumour on patient and family
Yasmin Khalili
p. 5–13.

Stroke prevention in southeastern Ontario: The nursing role and implementation of evidence-based practice
Susan Kotel, Sandy Acheson, and Sandra Melchiorre
p. 14–19.

Central auditory processing disorders: Review and case study
Tatra Dobrzanski Palfery and Diane Duff
p. 20–23.

Volume 28, Issue 2, Winter 2007

Codman Award 2006: The experience of hope in ALS patients
Antonietta Vitale and Angela Genge
p. 27–35.

Quality of life: Gamma Knife surgery and whole brain radiation therapy
Janice Nesbitt
p. 36–41.

Case study: Closure of a patent foramen ovale without surgery following stroke
Diane Duff
p. 42–43.

Volume 28, Issue 1, Fall 2006

Mary Glover Lecture 2006: The contributions of neuroscience nursing to the field of quality of life
Carole L. White
p. 7–14.

Eyes wide open: The awake craniotomy for tumour resection: A review
Sharon Hoosein
p. 15–18.

Volume 27, Issue 3, Spring 2006

Saving costs using an ounce of prevention: Introduction of a regional stroke prevention clinic
Susan Bisaillon, André Douen, Barbara Neabel, Nicole Pageau, and Dan Selchen
p. 29–33.

The role of the nurse in an ambulatory stroke and cognition clinic
BettyAnn R. Flogen, Bianca Stern, and Laura M. Wagner
p. 34–39.

Volume 27, Issue 2, Winter 2006

Family impact and influence following severe traumatic brain injury
Diane Duff
p. 9–23.

Mary Glover Lecture 2005: Patient safety, accountability and leadership—Flavour of the day or here to stay?
Wendy Nicklin
p. 24–31.

Volume 27, Issue 1, September 2005

Mary Glover Lecture 2004: Leaving a Legacy
Marlene Reimer
p. 14–17.

Psychosocial aspects of caregiving to stroke patients
Mina Singh and Jill Cameron
p. 18–24.

Post-stroke shoulder subluxation: A concern for neuroscience nurses
Cydnee Seneviratne, Karen L. Then and Marlene Reimer
p. 26–31.

Volume 26, Issue 4, June 2005

Ontario regional stroke centres: Survey of neurological nursing assessment practices with acute stroke patients
Sophia Gocan and Andrea Fisher
p. 8–13.

Codman Award Paper: Self-efficacy of staff nurses for health promotion counselling of patients at risk for stroke
Cheryl Mayer, Mary-Anne Andrusyszyn and Carroll Iwasiw
p. 14–21.

Research to practice: Nursing stroke assessment guidelines link to clinical performance indicators
M. Patrice Lindsay, Linda Kelloway and Heather McConnell
p. 22–27.

Research corner: Study synapses
Mina Singh
p. 28.

Volume 26, Issue 3, March 2005

Writing proposals for research funds
Mina D. Singh, Cherylyn Cameron and Diane Duff
p. 26–30.

Clinical nursing in adult epilepsy
Reprinted with permission from Lumina, Volume 22, No. 2, Fall 2004
Thea Dupras, Jacki Martini, Catherine Edmond and Maureen Robertson
p. 31–34.

Volume 26, Issue 2, December 2004

Kerry’s story: The challenges of facing a recurrent craniopharyngioma
Jodi Dusik-Sharpe
p. 8–12.

Neurodevelopmental treatment and stroke rehabilitation: A critique and extension for neuroscience nursing practice
Cydnee Seneviratne and Marlene Reimer
p. 13–20.

Volume 26, Issue 1, September 2004

Remembering Jessie Ferne Young (1910–2004)
Diane Duff and Jeanne Evans
p. 16–19.

How the brain recognizes and responds to shock
Reprinted with permission from the American Association of Neurosurgical Nurses
Jessie F. Young
p. 20–23.

Analysis of nursing assessments in a cohort of patients with ruptured cerebral aneurysms
Kathy Doerksen, Dr. B.J. Naimark and Dr. R.B. Tate
p. 24–30.

Volume 25, Issue 4, June 2004

Bringing innovation to stroke care: Development of a comprehensive stroke unit
Susan Bisaillon, Carol Douloff, Kathryn LeBlanc, Nicole Pageau, Dan Selchen and Nadia Woloshyn
p. 12–17.

The nursing role in patient education regarding outpatient neurosurgical procedures
Claudia Zanchetta and Mark Bernstein
p. 18–21.

Volume 25, Issue 3, March 2004

Gamma Knife radiosurgery: A patient-friendly procedure
Janice Nesbitt
p. 23–27.

Intervenir auprès des personnes atteintes d’un traumatisme crânien : une nouvelle approche démontrée à l’aide d’une étude de cas
Mélisa Diotte
p. 30–33.

Volume 25, Issue 2, December 2003

The Codman Award Paper: Quality of life in stroke survivors and their spouses: Predictors and clinical implications for rehabilitation teams
Anna Bluvol
p. 10–19.

Do we need stimulation programs as a part of nursing care for patients in “persistent vegetative state”? A conceptual analysis
Patrizia Tolle and Marlene Reimer
p. 20–26.

Volume 25, Issue 1, September 2003

The Mary Glover Lecture: The future of neuroscience nursing is in the “Here and Now”
Carmen G. Loiselle
p. 13–17.

Lumbar discectomy: Developing and implementing a day surgery protocol
Kathy Doerksen and Jodi Dusik-Sharpe
p. 18–21.

Volume 24, Issue 4, June 2003

Needs assessment of persons with multiple sclerosis and significant others: Using the literature review and focus groups for preliminary survey questionnaire development
Wilma Koopman
p. 10–15.

Volume 24, Issue 3, March 2003

Trends and treatment of cerebral aneurysms: Review and case studies
Tracy Christie, Debra Beveridge and Diane Pottie
p. 20–23.

Deciding on surgery: Supporting parents of infants with craniosynostosis
Nicole Letourneau, Susan Neufeld, Jane Drummond and Alison Barnfather
p. 24–29.

Volume 24, Issue 2, December 2002

Codman Award paper: Family concerns and responses following a severe traumatic brain injury: a grounded theory study
Diane Duff
p. 14–22.

Volume 24, Issue 1, September 2002

The Mary Glover Lecture: A nursing odyssey
Anne Sutherland Boal
p. 12–17.

Narratives of patients with skull base tumors and their family members: Lessons for nursing practice
M. Anne Wyness, Margaret Borozny Durity and Felix Durity
p. 18–35.

Volume 23, Issue 4, June 2002

The neurological complications of electrical injury: A nursing case management perspective
Valerie Coubrough and Paulette Warnell
p. 14–22.

Pharmacology review: The role of ondansetron in the management of children’s nausea and vomiting following posterior fossa neurosurgical procedures
Susan Neufeld
p. 24–29.

Volume 23, Issue 3, March 2002

Epilepsy: an overview
Nancy Thornton and Maureen Robertson
p. 24–30.

Meeting the nutritional needs of patients with severe dysphagia following a stroke: an interdisciplinary approach
Nathalie Rodrigue, Robert Côté, Connie Kirsch, Chantal Germain, Céline Couturier and Roxanne Fraser
p. 31–37.

Volume 23, Issue 2, December 2001

Making waves: What Mary Glover taught us! Karen McEwen
p. 8–12.

Continuity of care for short-stay neurosurgery patients: a quality improvement initiative
Pikka Lam, Carole L. White, Sharron Runions, and Carole-Ann Miller
p. 14–21.

Volume 23, Issue 1, September 2001

Unintentional traumatic brain injury in children: The lived experience
Beth Bruce and Judy Chisholm
p. 12–17.

Review article: Altered states of consciousness, theories of recovery, and assessment following a severe traumatic brain injury
Diane Duff
p. 18–23.

Volume 22, Issue 4, June 2001

Guillain-Barré Syndrome—a patient guide and nursing resource
Michael Kehoe
p. 16–24.

Critical illness polyneuropathy
Pamela Bovan, Wendy Blackburn and Patrick Potter
p. 25–29.

Medical misadventure = human tragedy
Patti Turner and Nancy Thornton
p. 30–35.

Writing for publication
Diane Duff
p. 36–39.

Volume 22, Issue 3, March 2001

The challenges of integration in health care research
Wilma Koopman, Cathy-Lee Benbow and Nick Neary
p. 12–15.

Psychological distress and family burden following spinal cord injury: Concurrent traumatic brain injury cannot be overlooked
Karin M. Buchanan and Lorin J. Elias
p. 16–17.

Daring men to be caring men: The dilemma of disability for male caregivers
Marvin L. Anderson
p. 18–21.

Volume 22, Issue 2, December 2000

The Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada: The role of facilitators for its support groups
Katheleen M. Ellis
p. 10–12.

What to do about flat heads: Preventing and treating positional occipital flattening
Susan Neufeld and Stephanie Birkett
p. 29–31.

Volume 22, Issue 1, September 2000

The Mary Glover Lecture, June 14, 2000: Back to the future: reform, research, and nursing authority
Margaret B. Harrison
p. 16–23.

Brain Tumour Foundation Award Paper: Impact of a family-centred approach on a couple living with a brain tumour: a case study
Irène Leboeuf
p. 24–31.

Codman Award Paper: Education and information needs identified by patients and key family members prior to surgery for a skull base neoplasm: implications for practice
Margaret Borozny Durity, Anne Wyness, Felix Durity and Marjorie Ratel
p. 32–45.

December 1999

  1. Personality and behaviour changes following spinal cord injury
  2. Are you ready (to be a neuro nurse)?

September 1999

  1. Pain assessment and management
  2. Cerebral aneurysms: A review and what’s new
  3. The management of Epilepsy throughout the reproductive cycle
  4. The management of Migraine throughout the reproductive cycle

June 1999

  1. Comprehensive education plan for a discrete stroke population: Needs, Considerations and Gaps
  2. Reprint with corrections—Continuous intrathecal baclofen infusions

March 1999

  1. Multiple sclerosis: An overview for nurses
  2. A psychological characteristic as a predeterminant factor to coping with MS
  3. Continuous intrathecal baclofen infusions
  4. New treatments for MS

December 1998

  1. The transition experience of epilepsy patients and families
  2. Truly a team effort: Seizures

June 1998

  1. Urinary tract infection may trigger relapse in MS
  2. Community Links: Think First; Rick Hansen Institute

March 1998

  1. On Matters not measured (reprint)
  2. The transoral approach for cranio-vertebral junction pathology

December 1997

  1. On matters not measured
  2. MS centre injection training program
  3. Multidisciplinary approach to management of a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder: Huntingdon’s Disease

September 1997

  1. Injury prevention programs
  2. Protocol for intervention and treatment of alcohol withdrawal
  3. Children’s health resource centre
  4. The nest: neurological environment for safe therapeutics

June 1997

  1. The treatment of chronic pain by epidural spinal cord stimulation
  2. Shy Drager Syndrome
  3. Work redesign: A case study
  4. Surgical interventions in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor

March 1997

  1. Immobilizing the cervical spine using a collar
  2. Humor as a nursing intervention

December 1996

  1. Congruence between parent satisfaction with nursing care of their children and nurses perception of patient satisfaction
  2. Living with Dying: Families coping with a child who has a neurodegenerative genetic disorder

September 1996

  1. Brain surgery: A guide for patients and families
  2. Stressors in the primary care givers of traumatic head injures persons
  3. Terminating nutrition and hydration from patients in persistent vegetative states

June 1996

  1. Acute care of the spinal cord injures
  2. Pragmatics: Right brain communication
  3. Advanced concepts in the management of cerebral vasospasm associated with SAH

March 1996

  1. Ethical social and legal issues in Huntington’s disease
  2. Progressive supranuclear palsy: Managing the disabilities and providing nursing support
  3. A self care assessment tool: SCAT: for persons with a spinal cord injury

December 1995

  1. AVM hemorrhage in children
  2. Clinical indicators contributing to ICU length of stay
  3. Multidisciplinary team involvement in unit design

September 1995

  1. Shared goverenence: a unit based concept
  2. Back to Basics
  3. Identifying Nursing research priorities
  4. Seconds count

June 1995

  1. The role of the nurse clinician in recurrent childhood headache
  2. MS and self esteem
  3. Dedicated short stay spinal units
  4. Management of multi organ donor

March 1995

  1. A nursing history: The patient with mycotic aneurysm secondary to endocarditis
  2. Thrombolysis after stroke

December 1994

  1. South Saskatchewan stroke prevention unit
  2. Aids dementia complex
  3. The impact of prevention
  4. Trials and tribulations: Patients perspectives of the betaseron study

September 1994

  1. A comparative study of systemized vs. random tracheostomy weaning
  2. 25 years of connecting: A portrait of CANN
  3. Environmental triggers in MS

June 1994

  1. Patient restraint
  2. Length of hospital stay and contributing variables in supratentorial craniotomy patients with brain tumors
  3. Sumatriptan in acute migraine therapy
  4. A Statement from CANN specialization committee: The role of neuroscience nurses in organ and tissue donation, retrieval and transplantation

March 1994

  1. Pediatric cerebellar medulloblastoma and extraneural metastases
  2. Issues for nurses who care for patients in persistent vegetative states

December 1993

  1. Hyperventilation in head injury
  2. Post traumatic seizures
  3. Hope as a coping strategy for the spinal cord injured individual

September 1993

  1. Quadraplegia: A focus on rehabilitation
  2. Oh Suzanna! A nursing challenge
  3. The challenge of caring for patients with conversion disorders

June 1993

  1. Neurosurgical short term rehabilitation on an acute neurology unit
  2. Local treatment of dystonia and spasticity with injections of botulinum—A toxin
  3. Tourette’s Syndrome

March 1993

  1. Evaluation of a protocol on the care and management of a neurological patient with seizures
  2. Headache—defined

December 1992

  1. Gilles de la Tourette’s syndrome
  2. Movement disorders: Why don’t those synapses fire?
  3. Strategies for intervention and research with children or adolescents who have a parent with MS
  4. The role of neuroscience nurses in organ tissue donation

September 1992

  1. Patient participation in treatment decision making
  2. Halo vest
  3. Glasgow coma scale
  4. Cardiopulmonary complications of aneurysmal SAH
  5. Functional hemiopherectomy

June 1992

  1. Behavioral and affective manifestations of brain tumors in children
  2. MS and alternative medicine
  3. Trends in the care and treatment of patients with increased intracranial pressure
  4. Vasospasm after aneurismal subarachnoid hemorrhage

March 1992

  1. Psychological functioning in adolescents with complex partial seizures
  2. Communicating with the hearing impaired patient
  3. Amyloidosis Part 11: Implications for neuroscience nurses: Alzheimer’s disease
  4. Family caregivers in MS

December 1991

  1. ALS—Decision making under uncertainty
  2. Assessing the prevalence of cognitive impairment in MS
  3. Amyloidosis Part 1: Secondary to spinal cord injury
  4. The relationship between critical care nurses knowledge about sleep, and the initiation of sleep promoting nursing interventions

September 1991

  1. Nursing care of pituitary surgery
  2. Effects of MS on occupational and career patterns
  3. The pain experience of a MS population

June 1991

  1. Attention and memory systems; nursing assessment
  2. Gifts of life- organ transplants

March 1991

  1. Family visits and different cultures
  2. Sexual counseling in the neuroscience setting
  3. Adaptation of family members of brain injured patients
  4. Central pontine myelinolysis: a case study

December 1990

  1. Autonomic dysreflexia: A nurses challenge
  2. Blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm and the nurses role
  3. Brain stem strokes
  4. Children’s perceptions of the brain

September 1990

  1. Mary Glover lecture: Jeanette Pick: Pages from nursing’s survival manual
  2. Epilepsy information nights for parents
  3. The experience of ICU nurses providing care of the brain dead patient
  4. Working towards spinal cord injury prevention in adolescents

June 1990

  1. Discharge planning for the homeward bound ventilator dependent client
  2. The multidisciplinary approach to care of the head injured child
  3. Nursing time on an n acute neuroscience unit: how much direct patient care?
  4. Myasthenia gravis

March 1990

  1. Carotid cavernous fistula
  2. Cerebral vasospasm
  3. Cerebrovascular status in severe head injury
  4. Where to call home-chronically ill children

December 1989

  1. Caring: Is it vital to neuroscience nursing?
  2. The reaction of partners and families to significant neurological damage and the need for health team support
  3. The tethered spinal cord
  4. Mary Glover lecture

June 1989

  1. Effects of care giving on caregiver spouses of stroke victims
  2. Smoking: The effects on cerebral vascular circulation
  3. Nineteenth century perspectives on four current issues in nursing

Decmeber 1988

  1. Brain death: Legal, religious and moral issues
  2. Assessing the Spinal cord injured patient
  3. Care of the ventilator dependent spinal cord injured patient and their families in the acute rehabilitation stage
  4. Mobilization of neurosurgical lumbar discectomy patients
  5. Relationship of laterality of stroke to emotional and functional outcome

September 1988

  1. Certification in nursing specialties
  2. Opening a regional neurosurgical service
  3. Brain Death
  4. Developing a brain injured program in an acute care hospital

May 1988

  1. Craniophyngioma
  2. Parkinson’s disease: Problems in nursing management related to medications
  3. Seating the spastic patient
  4. Spasticity in MS

March 1988

  1. Functional assessment scale
  2. Post lumbar puncture headache
  3. Bilateral Acoustic neuromas. Diagnosis: Central Neurofibromatosis

December 1987

  1. Family violence: Opportunity for change
  2. Spinal cord injury: Responses of adolescents and young adults to body changes
  3. Spinal cord cooling

September 1987

  1. Mary glover lecture
  2. Malignant brain tumors
  3. Infusion of intra-arterial chemotherapy through super selective cerebral catherization
  4. Report on the Canadian sports, spine and head injuries research centre
  5. Posterior fossa cysts

June 1987

  1. Patient and family education
  2. I like you just the way you are: Body image in children
  3. Parental coping with a child with myleomeningocele
  4. Neurological complications in Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

March 1987

  1. Caring… not curing
  2. Cerebral aneurysms and SAH
  3. Carotid endarerectomy

December 1986

  1. Care of Alzheimer patients in the community
  2. Coping with chronic pain
  3. Nursing diagnosis and the neuro patient
  4. Neurological complications in acquired immune deficiency syndrome

September 1986

  1. Mary Glover lecture
  2. Deep pain stimulation for chronic pain
  3. High technology in intraoperative management of cerebral neoplasm
  4. Computer applications in nursing

June 1986

  1. Invading patients privacy: An ethical issue for nurses
  2. Meningitis in infants and children
  3. Familial dysautonomia
  4. A patient with hypothalamic hyperphagia

March 1986

  1. Nursing participation in MS trials
  2. Spinal metastasis: the psycho social impact
  3. Fatal degenerative central nervous system disease: Jacob Creutzfeldt
  4. Pharmacological management of the aggressive patient
  5. The neurogenic bladder in MS

December 1985

  1. To Be a Nurse
  2. Cranial nerve function quiz
  3. Ten years of the Glasgow Coma Scale
  4. Nursing care for patients with common perceptual problems
  5. Supportive care of the patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  6. Gastric hemorrhage in a neurosurgical patient

September 1985

  1. Mary Glover lecture
  2. Teaching nursing, neurological assessment
  3. Spinal metastasis

March 1985

  1. The physiological stress response and spinal cord injuries
  2. Impaired mobility related to the neuromuscular dysfunction of Parkinsonism—A Nursing diagnosis applied
  3. Pituitary Tumors: the transphenoidal approach

February 1985

  1. Migration from low to high risk areas for MS: case reports
  2. Spinal dysraphism—meningomyelocele in the newborn
  3. Nursing consideration of the acute stroke patient
  4. Diff’rent strokes: The Nurses role in identifying functional loss

January 1985

  1. Relapsing Guillain-Barre Polyneuropathy
  2. Acoustic Neuroma Association of Canada
  3. Cerebellar infarction

December 1984

  1. MS: Telling the diagnosis
  2. Neurofibromatosis
  3. Intrathecal morphine: A new modality in the management of intractable pain
  4. Cerebral vasospasm

September 1984

  1. Mary Glover lecture
  2. Psychological Aspects of the spinal cord injured patient
  3. Management of traumatic brachial plexus injuries

December 1983

  1. Pseudo tumor cerebri
  2. Post traumatic syringomyelia
  3. Mary Glover lecture: Nursing and you in the 1980’s

September 1983

  1. Nursing the patient with pain
  2. Cryptic AVM

May 1983

  1. Mary Glover lecture: Caring for Caregivers

March 1983

  1. National Reports

December 1982

  1. The role of Pergiloide in advanced Parkinson’s disease
  2. Cerebral mucormycosis: a case study
  3. Sleep apnea as a result of percutaneous cordotomy
  4. “I’d rather have him at home”: a special home care program

May 1982

  1. Reye’s syndrome
  2. Phantom sensation phenomena
  3. Journey round my skull

March 1982

  1. Spasticity and its surgical treatment
  2. The surgical treatment of Moyamoya disease
  3. Diagnosis and Management of large acoustic neuromas

February 1982

  1. Autonomic Dysreflexia
  2. Reye’s Syndrome; Nursing Implications

December 1981

  1. Spinal Cord AVM
  2. Health teaching for spinal cord injured patients and family during acute hospitalization
  3. Intraventricular hemorrhage in the premature infant

October 1981

  1. Nursing perspective on neurological evaluation
  2. The control of ICP

September 1981

  1. MS in children
  2. Hypothalamus: A review of function with clinical examples

April/May 1981

  1. Meeting the needs of a patient undergoing EEG

March 1981

  1. Traumatic aneurysms
  2. Nonketotic hyperkalemia hyperosmolar coma in head injury

February 1981

  1. Application of primary nursing

December 1980

  1. Hepatalenticular Degeneration/ Wilson’s disease
  2. Positioning for posterior fossa craniotomy

October 1980

  1. “Apetak returns to the Arctic”: spinal cord injury
  2. Neiman-Pick disease

September 1980

  1. Social history of Epilepsy
  2. Hangman’s fracture

July 1980

  1. Annual reports

May 1980

  1. Plasmapheresis and the myasthenia patient
  2. L-Dopa therapy and Parkinson’s

April 1980

  1. SAH in pregnancy
  2. Thalamic stimulation
  3. Monosynaptic and long loop reflexes
  4. ICP monitoring

March 1980

  1. Spinal Cord Rehabilitation
  2. Lance Adams Syndrome

February 1980

  1. It’s Great to be Alive: Brain Injury
  2. Stroke and oral contraceptives
  3. Inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone

December 1979

  1. Intermittent urinary catherization
  2. Diabetes Insipidus

October 1979

  1. Posterior Fossa Tumors in children
  2. Cerebral revascularization: External carotid to middle cerebral graft bypass
  3. High dose barbiturates in intracranial hypertension

September 1979

  1. Central Cord Syndrome

1978

  1. Challenges of the future
  2. Spinal cord cooling
  3. Sodium thiopental treatment of increased intracranial pressure
  4. Cerebral vasospasm
  5. Teaching the client of a herniated disc
  6. Alcoholism
  7. Management of craniofacial gunshot wound
  8. Neurological exam of infant and young child
  9. Clinical application of small group therapy in a neurological ward
  10. Epilepsy in children

1977

  1. Nursing Care of patients after ligation of giant aneurysms with the drake tourniquet
  2. Spina bifida infants
  3. Seizure investigation through steroelectro encephalography
  4. Realistic concerns of neurosurgical patients
  5. Spinal cord injured patients
  6. Decerebrate patient
  7. Psychological aspects of MS
  8. The untimely sleep: Narcolepsy

1976

  1. Methyl mercury Poisoning
  2. Anastomosis of temporal or occipital artery and a branch of the middle cerebral artery
  3. Dopamine
  4. Spinal Cord Injury Unit

1975

  1. Endarterectomy
  2. Transphenoidal Hypophysectomy
  3. Management of Cerebral AVM
  4. An Approach to the puzzle of Pain
  5. Acupuncture
  6. A personal experience with Tuberous Sclerosis
  7. Toxoplasmosis
  8. Medical Illustration in Neurosurgical teaching
  9. The Best is Yet to Be
  10. Facing Death
  11. Psychosexual aspects of the Spinal Cord Injured

1974

  1. Electrophrenic Respiration and its application to Quadriplegia
  2. The Clinical Significance of Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics
  3. Herpes Simplex Encephalitis
  4. Huntington’s Chorea
  5. AVM
  6. Diastematomyelia in Newfoundland
  7. Brain tumors
  8. Aberrant behavior with Intracranial masses and Head Injuries

1973

  1. Ventricular fluid pressure and its significance in nursing severely injured patients
  2. The Diencephalon Syndrome
  3. The Fears of Three patients before Craniotomy
  4. Dorsal Column Stimulation for relief of Pain
  5. Nursing Care of the Patient with Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak
  6. Thoughtful Care for the Dying

1972

  1. Spinal Cord and Nerve Root Compression
  2. Recognition, assessment and significance of Spinal Cord Compression
  3. Principles and practices related to Spinal Cord Injury
  4. AVM
  5. Fluorescein angiography and micro regional blood flow as a management of AVM
  6. Neurosurgical management of patients with intracranial aneurysms
  7. Bilateral Epidural Hematomas following Head Injury
  8. Carotid cavernous Fistula
  9. Baby Mark with Bilateral Subdural hematomas
  10. Management of peripheral nerve Injuries
  11. Manifestations and Nursing care of Brain Abscesses
  12. Nursing Care of patients with Acoustic neuroma

Questions:

Please visit the contacts section for a list of the current Executive, Committees, and Regional Councillors.

If you have a question/comment on the web page or a general CANN inquiry please email CANN Communications + Marketing.