title: Evaluation of a protocol on the care and management of a neurological patient with seizures.
abstract: In the hope of discovering a user friendly resource applicable to the Clinical practice of all nurses, staff at Vancouver General Hospital experiment with the use of nursing protocols. Last year nurses on the neurological unit proposed that effective management of seizure patients could be further facilitated when expected standards of care were properly developed, implemented, utilized and evaluated in the form of a nursing protocol. A two phase study was conducted attempting to compare those patients admitted to the unit one year prior to the use of the protocol, with those admitted for one year following its implementation. The results of this study will be presented in relation to the effectiveness of the protocol on patient outcomes. As well, the unit nurses' response to working with the protocol will be reviewed.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Smallwood
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wallin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kamensek
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009731:Nursing Audit; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012640:Seizures / Q000451:nursing*