Abstracts Archive

Specialized nursing knowledge is critical for optimal disease management, yet neuroscience nurses face significant educational challenges particularly in the context of rare diseases and underserved populations. The absence of targeted educational programs and needs assessments impedes clinical conf...

Health education is essential in neuroscience nursing, yet traditional verbal or written approaches often fail to meet the needs of patients with neurological conditions. This presentation explores comic books as a person-centered educational tool, illustrated by a Parkinson's disease example that h...

Parkinson's disease progresses to stages where oral treatments become insufficient. While continuous subcutaneous foslevodopa/foscarbidopa (fLD/fCD), a less invasive option, improves motor control, yet little is known about patients and caregivers experiences. This phenomenological study explores th...

As I assumed the role of Advanced Practice Nurse, part of the impostor syndrome was the realization that I did not understand why clinicians don't follow the protocols and why human error is so ubiquitous in the hospital. The MScA I completed did not provide me with this knowledge, and I spent many ...

This workshop will review advanced Parkinson's disease management with a focus on the Vyalev® subcutaneous levodopa infusion pump. Through multiple clinical case studies, participants will explore the benefits of continuous dopaminergic therapy, common complications including infusion-site skin inf...

A pilot study exploring feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of RCT with the culturally adapted MIND-HK diet intervention for older adults with Mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

This is a fresh approach to learning statistics by teaching the stories behind the tests. This session is designed to encourage nurses to understand the back story to statistics as an approach to learning how and why statistics are important to our profession. The session will provide learners with ...

This keynote introduces automated pupillometry as an objective method for neurological and pain assessment in critically ill patients. Findings from two cohort studies in mechanically ventilated TBI patients show that pupillary responses reflect pain behaviors, opioid levels, and risk of postextubat...

The aim of this presentation is to describe the clinical pathway to neuromodulation for epilepsy and highlight the nursing role in supporting patients undergoing DBS and VNS across the continuum of care.

Nurses play a key role in the rehabilitation care of neurological ICU survivors.