title: Nursing the unconscious patient.
abstract: Unconscious patients are nursed in a variety of clinical settings and therefore it is necessary for all nurses to assess, plan and implement the nursing care of this vulnerable patient group. This article discusses the nursing management of patients who are unconscious and examines the priorities of patient care.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, North Middlesex University Hospital, London. max_geraghty@blueyonder.co.uk
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Geraghty
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000451:nursing; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D014474:Unconsciousness / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*