Nursing care of a patient with head injury

Poškodbe glave so pomemben vzrok umrljivosti in invalidnosti, zlasti med mlajšo populacijo. Diplomsko delo zajema anatomijo skeleta glave in možganov. Sledi delitev poškodb glave, diagnostični postopki in klinična slika pri poškodbah glave. Zajema tudi prognozo in zdravljenje poškodb glave. V drugem delu pa predstavimo proces zdravstvene nege, opišemo zdravstveno nego pacienta od sprejema, zdravstveno nego po operativnem zdravljenju ter predstavimo tipične negovalne diagnoze. V nadaljevanju diplomskega dela opišemo rehabilitacijo pacienta s poškodbo glave, odpust pacienta ter problematiko vključevanja pacientov po poškodbi glave v socialno in delovno okolje.Head injuries are important cause of mortality and disablement, particulary between younger generation. My diploma work delas with the anatomy of the skeleton of head and brain. The division of head injuries, the diagnostic procedure and the clinical picture at head injuries follow. The prognosis and treatment of head injuries are described. In the second part, the process of medical care is presented, we also describedmedical care of the patient from the reception on, medical care after surgical treatment and typical care diagnoses of patients. In continuation, my diploma work deals with rehabilitation of patient with head injuries, the dismissal of the patient and the description of the problems which include patients after head injuries into social and working society