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Foundations Module 5.3: Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Rehabilitation is organized by Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN).

Publication Date: 03/15/2021
Purchase Deadline Date: 07/02/2027

Description:
This course includes two recorded videos and one case study. You will need to review all of this course content, then receive a 70% or higher passing grade on a quiz, and lastly complete an evaluation to receive your certificate and complete this course. You will have access to this course for 1 year, starting on the purchase date.

A Spinal Cord Injury is a traumatic insult to the spinal cord resulting in alterations or complete disruption of normal motor, sensory and autonomic function. There are approximately 17,000 new cases each year. The high number of spinal cord injuries (SCI) indicates the importance of SCI knowledge in rehabilitation nurses. This course includes in depth training on the mechanisms of injury, pathophysiology, levels of injury, and common complications, along with assessment and intervention priorities when caring for SCI patients. Since chronic pain is a common challenge in SCI patients, the course includes a case study on SCI Pain Management in the rehabilitation setting.

Learning Objectives:
• Identify common mechanisms related to spinal cord injury
• Describe common spinal cord injury phenomena
• List common medical complications related to spinal cord injury
• Discuss nursing and medical interventions for sequelae of spinal cord injury
• Identify levels of injury and syndromes
• Identify function based on level of injury
• Identify interventions base on level of injury
• Identify and describe the symptoms and etiology of discitis Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
• Describe the possible origins of a SCI
• List factors that can reduce pain in spinal cord injury patient