Rehabilitation nursing : a contemporary approach to practice / edited by Kristen L. Mauk.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview of rehabilitation -- Chronicity and disability -- Settings for care -- Theories and models -- The interdisciplinary rehabilitation team -- Nursing roles -- Improving nutritional status and swallowing -- Maintaining skin integrity -- Establishing bowel and bladder patterns -- Promoting mobility and function -- Enhancing cognition, communication, and behavior -- Addressing sexuality and disability -- Educating clients and families -- The art of caring : addressing psychosocial/spiritual issues : spirituality, coping, depression, grieving, adjustment, adaptation -- Stroke -- Brain injury -- Spinal cord injury -- Joint replacement -- Amputation -- Polytrauma -- Cardiac and pulmonary disease -- Neurological disorders -- Other chronic illnesses -- Cultural perspectives within rehabilitation nursing -- Ethical and legal issues -- Health policy, legislation, financing -- Pediatric rehab -- Geriatric rehab -- Animal assisted therapy -- Life care planning.