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In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, psychologists from various departments of a hospital centre in the Paris region intervened with the establishment's nursing and non-nursing staff. They gathered testimonies related to the experience of the first wave of this health crisis. They offer their interpretation of the event, which highlights the climate of uncertainty that reigned, both in its health and political dimensions.
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COVID-19 , Caregivers , Humans , Pandemics , Paris , SARS-CoV-2ABSTRACT
Home automation in the area of disability is a rapidly developing field. A hospital rehabilitation unit and a university institute of technology have formed an experimental partnership with the aim of improving patient care management. This collaboration resulted in the development of a control interface in a hospital room equipped with certain home automation systems, opening up perspectives for the return home of patients with a disability.
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Automation , Disabled Persons/rehabilitation , Hospital Units , HumansABSTRACT
In functional rehabilitation service, the dietician, as educator, contributes to preventing recidivism and return to independence. A hospital team demonstrates the benefits of collaboration with dietitians in coordinated care for patients with various pathologies causing functional impairment.
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Nursing Staff, Hospital , Nutritionists , Patient Care Team , Rehabilitation Centers , France , HumansABSTRACT
Swallowing disorders in neurological rehabilitation are common and important as they can have harmful consequences. A multi-disciplinary hospital team was created to study ways of preventing their occurrence. This article presents the areas to focus on and the main orientations of patient management.
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Deglutition Disorders/etiology , Deglutition Disorders/prevention & control , Nervous System Diseases/complications , HumansSubject(s)
Pain/prevention & control , Patient Care Planning/organization & administration , Patient Care Team/organization & administration , Patient Participation/methods , Patient-Centered Care/organization & administration , Chronic Disease , Family/psychology , France , Humans , Medical Records , Needs Assessment , Nursing Assessment , Pain/psychology , Patient Participation/psychology , QuebecABSTRACT
Fighting pain is one of nurses' duties. At Dreux general hospital, the medical and nursing staff of the physical medicine and rehabilitation department has gradually put in place since 2004 an information and treatment logbook. It constitutes a way of recording and assessing each patient's pain and consequently facilitates its treatment.
