This module is intended for student and graduate nurses who have some practical nursing experience but are new to spinal cord injuries. It highlights the unique role of the nurse in the rehabilitation process and the key features of nursing people with spinal cord injuries.
The topics include an introduction to the concepts and role of nurses, spinal precautions, managing skin integrity following spinal cord injury, respiratory management, bowel management, bladder management and the role of the nurse in facilitating healthy sexuality in people with spinal cord injury.
Subcommittees and Subcommittee Coordinators
| Name |
Country |
| Coordinator |
| Debbie Green |
UK |
| Sub Committee Members |
| Joanne Glinsky |
Australia |
| Kim Bruun |
Denmark |
| Firas Sarhan |
UK |
| Nguyen Thi Kim Lien |
Vietnam |
| Neetu Maitra |
India |
| Vo Thi Huong |
Vietnam |
| Tarafder Sunil Kumar |
Bangladesh |
| Maureen Coggrave |
UK |
| Lise Belanger |
Canada |
| Kathryn Sherrington |
UK |
| Herman Willemse |
South Africa |
| Ajith Kithsiri |
Sri Lanka |
| Rael Klein |
Canada |
| Hilary Jebson |
Canada |
Spinal precautions submodule have been develop by exclusive contribution of experts from the " Vancouver General Hospital Acute Spine Program and Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada"