Education in stroke prevention: efficacy of an educational counselling intervention to increase knowledge in stroke survivors.
CONCLUSIONS: Although contact with patients in ambulatory clinical settings is limited due to time constraints, it is still possible to improve knowledge and initiate lifestyle changes utilizing motivational interviewing and a stage of change model. Stroke nurses may wish to consider these techniques in their practice setting.
PMID: 18240627 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Canadian Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: Can J Neurosci Nurs Source Type: research
More News: Brain | Education | Neurology | Nurses | Nursing | Statistics | Stroke | Study | Universities & Medical Training