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Mapping Cognitive Rehabilitation in Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI): A Case
Study
Syed Tajuddin Syed Hassanand Husna Jamaludin
Abstract
There has been no report on detailed temporal mapping of traumatic brain
injury (TBI), especially diffuse axonal injury (DAI), rehabilitation
process. A case study is presented here on four-year tracking of a
24-year old male adolescent with severe DAI. The study aimed to develop
a theoretical visual model of TBI (DAI) cognitive rehabilitation, and to
validate this model by mapping out the sequence of significant behaviour
events. The ensuing spiral cone model concurs with two well-known TBI
rehabilitation sequels. The sequence of cognitive rehabilitation should
aid in planning interventions in other similar or comparable TBI (DAI)
patients.
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Survive or Thrive: Implications of Trinity Paradigm of Intelligence in
Nursing Education
Masoud Ghaffari and Diana Conco
Abstract
The shortage of professional
nurses is a matter of great concern for nurse educators and health care
organizations, at the national level and internationally. Nurse
educators face daily challenges in their role as educators while they
strive to transform teaching practices for the future. Many of the
issues are new, complex, and require creative approaches. The issue of
stress in nursing education, though not new, has manifested itself in
new challenging ways that require creative, intuitive, and practical
coping strategies. Nurturing students to become creative, intuitive, and
mindful will lead to the development of an intelligent being. This paper
explores student nurses’ perceived academic stressors and their
strategies for coping. The Trinity Paradigm of Intelligence (TPI), as a
holistic paradigm of human intelligence, will be used as a guide to
present the emergent data systematically. The concept of intelligent
nursing education will be delineated and implications of the findings in
nursing education will be discussed.
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Antiretroviral HIV Therapy at TASO Clinic in Mulago Hospital in Kampala,
Uganda: Medical, Cultural and Ethical Factors Influencing ART
Galina Boyarinova
Abstract
Uganda faces many challenges
in its battle against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. A complex web of social,
cultural, medical and ethical factors affect the treatment. Patients
cited side effects of drugs, lack of adequate nutrition, and fear of
“abrupt death” as the main medical concerns they faced with
antiretroviral treatment. Social and cultural factors affecting the ART
included the expenses required in traveling to the clinic as well as
long waits once they had reached there. From a healthcare perspective,
the limited supply of drugs, lack of support for patients, and shortage
of staff to treat the increasing number of patients were the main
challenges facing HIV treatment.
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