title: Acute phase management of persons with spinal cord injury: a nursing diagnosis perspective.
abstract: The focus of this article is to provide the reader with a greater understanding of acute spinal cord injury from the nursing diagnosis perspective. Nurses have a significant role to play in the acute care phase, which will have an even greater and long-lasting impact on the quality of life for persons with spinal cord injury.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D008297:Male; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000451:nursing; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D014481:United States