Patients with poststroke aphasia have higher mortality rates and worse functional outcome than patients without aphasia. Nurses are well aware of aphasia and the associated problems for patients with stroke because they have daily contact with them. The challenge is to provide evidence-based care directed …

Falls are common after stroke. This article presents a literature review of the incidence and risk factors of falls and the consequences for professionals working with stroke patients. It is important to consider the specific problems after stroke. Depression and cognitive impairments were found to be …

De ontwikkeling van de Verpleegkundige Revalidatierichtlijn Beroerte heeft geresulteerd in uitwerking van elf thema’s met in totaal 210 aanbevelingen die verpleegkundigen kunnen gebruiken in de dagelijkse zorg van patiënten met een beroerte. Met een groot deel van deze aanbevelingen kunnen verpleegkundigen meteen …

This paper is a report of a review conducted to provide an overview of the evidence in the literature on task-oriented training of stroke survivors and its relevance in daily nursing practice. Background: Stroke is the second leading cause of death and one of the leading causes of adult disability in …

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When planning a study measuring the effects of a neurodevelopmental treatment (NDT), we were confronted with the methodological problem that while measuring the effects of NDT, a rival hypothesis is that the decision to implement the NDT might be related to the quality of nursing care. Therefore, we …