Thesis
Sports-Related Concussions of High School Athletes
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
08/2010
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3433
Abstract
A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury that often occurs to high school athletes who\nparticipate in contact sports. It involves injury to the brain tissue of an individual caused by\nimpact. It is estimated that 62,000 high school athletes sustain these injuries every year in the United States and numbers are on the rise. The symptoms of a concussion in a high school athlete vary greatly and can be vague, making recognition difficult. In addition, there are a number of published guidelines for how and when a concussed high school athlete should return to play. This article provides the advanced practice nurse review of concussion diagnostics, a review of current guidelines, as well as implication for practice. Nurse practitioners are in a position to be advocates for their patients by coordinating with parents, coaches, neurologists, and patients to ensure high school athletes receive the most appropriate care.
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- Title
- Sports-Related Concussions of High School Athletes
- Creators
- Allison Ann Liabraaten
- Contributors
- Lorrie Dawson (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900591040601842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis