Editorial
DOI: 10.21307/ajon-2020-006a
Australian Association of Neuroscience Nursing
Subject: Nursing
ISSN: 1032-335X
eISSN: 2208-6781
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Lauren Bollard/ Emily Moore/ Rebecca Paff
Abstract 250,000 people in Australia live with Epilepsy and more than 40% of those are children. Medication is a first line, effective treatment. However, not all patients have the desired outcome of seizure reduction or cessation. In fact, 1 in 3 do not gain full seizure control with medication alone. Epilepsy surgery, while not a new concept of treatment for seizure management, has gained significant traction in the past decade and has become a particular focus of the Neurology Department at T(..)
DOI: 10.21307/ajon-2020-007
Caroline Woon
Abstract: Nasogastric tube feeding is common amongst neuroscience patients and they are typically placed blindly at the bedside. However, the procedure for inserting feeding tubes has remained time consuming with misplacement into the lungs still occurring. Methods for checking nasogastric tube placement have evolved over time but complications remain. The Cortrak® 2 enteral access system (EAS) uses a computer screen for real-time placement viewing using an electromagnetic stylet to avoid the co(..)
DOI: 10.21307/ajon-2020-008
Abstract On behalf of the Executive of the Australasian Neuroscience Nurses’ Association (ANNA) it our pleasure to welcome our delegates and presenters to our first online conference. 2020 has brought with it many challenges and the ANNA conference has been just one of many that has had to move to an online platform. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the sponsors (CORTRAK* 2 and Oral 7) for their help in making the 2020 conference happen. We would also like to take a moment to than(..)
DOI: 10.21307/ajon-2020-009