title: Psychological impact of stroke: a recovering nurse's story.
abstract: The author, both a nurse and patient, suffered a massive stroke. Included are the internal and external struggles and how to cope. Derived are lessons learned for nurses, to more fully understand a person with a stroke.
authors.affiliation: Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730, USA. Marilyn.Lanza@med.va.gov
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lanza
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001828:Body Image; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003289:Convalescence / Q000523:psychology*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005639:Frustration; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010551:Personality; D020127:Recovery of Function; D018454:Spouses; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D013850:Thinking