title: Understanding spinal cord compression.
authors.affiliation: Roberta Kaplow is an oncology clinical nurse specialist at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. Karen Iyere is a staff nurse at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Decatur, Ga.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaplow
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iyere
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D001405:Reflex, Babinski; D012944:Social Support; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000451:nursing*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing*