title: A continence pathway for acute stroke care.
abstract: Clare Gordon and Catherine Weller describe the development of an acute phase continence assessment tool that is to be completed within 24 hours of a patient's admission following a stroke.
authors.affiliation: Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch NHS Foundation Trust, Christchurch.
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weller
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004739:England; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013222:State Medicine; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*