What are contractures?

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Please tell me about the contractures?

How they develop?

What nursing care should be given to prevent them?

And how they can be assessd?

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Specializes in Rehab, Ortho-Spine, Med-Surg, & Psych.

Hope this helps...

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003185.htm

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Wow...another post? Please attempt to do your own homework or show what you've researched first before asking others to answer questions.

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Thanks for your reply.

I am new on allnurses.I have make acount 1 or 2 month ago,,but using it now.

I have an entrance exam. at 7 August.So i am doing self study for it's preparation.

Yesterday i was studying the topic ,"the care of the unconscious patient".

I was reading this topic from the Medical Surgical book,written by-brunner and suddarth's.

I have so much questions regarding this in my mind.From the time i take admission in nursing college,i use google services for clearing any confusion,or having any type of study related help,,after reading the topic from book.

Yesterday after 2 hours search on mucle tone,i become angry.Because i do'nt have an satisfactory answer from any site suggested by google.They add more confusion in my mind about understanding the muscle tone.

Then the idea of using allnurses comes to my mind.

But i was wrong,,Only one person has replied my question regarding muscle tone.I am thankfull to that nursing person.

So sorry that will not happen in the future,,my google tool is best.

I thought i can save the time by using allnurses.com services,because i have less time for the preparation of my exam.

Here i can get suitable reply from my seniors,after typing this.On google i have to firstly search for it,,read the topic from the different sites suggested by the google,then form all read only 1 or 2 are suitable.This is a very long process.

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Here are some suggestions.

When you have a specific area that you are researching, enter several key words into Google. The more input you include, the narrower the search will be. I do not recommend Wikepedia as a reliable source, but they are also a great place to start.

When you have skimmed some of the Google hits or Wikipedia sites, look for additional key words and refine your search even further.

When you come to AN, you'll be likely to get good results if you share with us the essence of the information you have gathered and ask us to clarify certain points, seek opinions on whether you're headed in the right direction or not, and mention areas where you still have some blind spots.

This will help you in two ways. It will make the learning your own far more effectively than if someone here just hands you the data. And it will allow us to help you without feeling that we are putting you at a disadvantage down the road.

We really do love to help students with the learning process, but we don't want to do things that will sabotage the student's future success.

In this particular case, I'd start with Googling "unconscious (or coma) patient contracture care." By putting in four keywords you should be able to come up with more usable hits that you can then skim for other useful terms.

You can also use the minus sign - to eliminate terms you DON'T want in your search. "unconscious patient nursing care -breastfeeding" is a good example. You want nursing in your search parameters to mean care given by professional nurses, not the other meaning of nursing, which is breastfeeding.

I agree with you that it is frustrating and time-wasting to wade through hundreds of hits. But if you work on developing a more specialized approach and then come here for our help to put it all together, you might be amazed at how productive two hours can be.

Best wishes in your quest.

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thank you so much for your great advice.I will follow your instructions.

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.
Here are some suggestions.

When you have a specific area that you are researching, enter several key words into Google. The more input you include, the narrower the search will be. I do not recommend Wikepedia as a reliable source, but they are also a great place to start.

When you have skimmed some of the Google hits or Wikipedia sites, look for additional key words and refine your search even further.

When you come to AN, you'll be likely to get good results if you share with us the essence of the information you have gathered and ask us to clarify certain points, seek opinions on whether you're headed in the right direction or not, and mention areas where you still have some blind spots.

This will help you in two ways. It will make the learning your own far more effectively than if someone here just hands you the data. And it will allow us to help you without feeling that we are putting you at a disadvantage down the road.

We really do love to help students with the learning process, but we don't want to do things that will sabotage the student's future success.

In this particular case, I'd start with Googling "unconscious (or coma) patient contracture care." By putting in four keywords you should be able to come up with more usable hits that you can then skim for other useful terms.

You can also use the minus sign - to eliminate terms you DON'T want in your search. "unconscious patient nursing care -breastfeeding" is a good example. You want nursing in your search parameters to mean care given by professional nurses, not the other meaning of nursing, which is breastfeeding.

I agree with you that it is frustrating and time-wasting to wade through hundreds of hits. But if you work on developing a more specialized approach and then come here for our help to put it all together, you might be amazed at how productive two hours can be.

Best wishes in your quest.

Excellent advice, rn/writer! :yeah:

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