Goals and characteristics of rehabilitation care for cerebral palsy

  Rehabilitation care for cerebral palsy is one of the important aspects of rehabilitation and management of cerebral palsy, and is a guarantee for achieving rehabilitation results. In addition to the main obstacles of motor impairment and abnormal body posture, children with cerebral palsy are often accompanied by mental retardation, language impairment, visual and auditory impairment, even epilepsy and convulsions, and in severe cases, they cannot take care of themselves. Most children with cerebral palsy have poor physical development, are prone to colds and fevers and other diseases, and are prone to bruises and other problems during training. According to the characteristics of children with cerebral palsy, rehabilitation nursing includes the following contents.  (1) In the process of caring for children with cerebral palsy, observe more, understand and find out the clinical manifestations and signs of the children comprehensively, so as to provide a basis for rehabilitation treatment.  (2) To provide good nursing care for the children, strengthen nutrition, prevent infection, and prevent choking and choking for those with swallowing and chewing disorders.  (3) According to the degree of cerebral palsy, give different degrees of care and training of daily living activities.  (4) Create a good training environment and carry out activities in the hospital area to promote the development of the whole body and mind of the child and improve the rehabilitation effect.  (5) Prevent the emergence of secondary disorders such as joint contractures and complications of secondary injuries caused by bruises, minimize disorders and improve self-care ability.  (6) Take nursing measures to correct the incorrect posture of the child at any time, so as to minimize the tension of the muscles.  (7) Provide frequent and regular consultation and guidance to parents of children with cerebral palsy, and seek their cooperation.  (2) Nursing care characteristics: In addition to the general clinical hospital nursing care, the rehabilitation nursing care for children with cerebral palsy also has its own rehabilitation nursing characteristics: (1) Admission interview: the content includes explaining the ward rules and regulations to the parents of the admitted children, understanding the condition and making records, making preliminary ADL evaluation, health and safety education, and soliciting parents’ opinions and requirements; (2) Health education: promoting health care and childcare knowledge and rehabilitation knowledge (2) Health education: promote knowledge of health care and rehabilitation, such as oral hygiene, development of hygiene habits, prevention of infection, prevention of epilepsy, care and management of urine and stool, etc. (3) Psychological care: understand the psychological characteristics of the child, for example, the child may be weepy, willful, stubborn, withdrawn, emotionally fragile, easily agitated and emotionally unstable, etc. (4) Participate in the evaluation of the child’s initial, intermediate and final stages of ADL; (5) Provide guidance to parents in the ward with PT and OT training; (6) Accident prevention: avoid trauma, bed fall, burns, etc., prevent self-injury and other injuries, prevent choking due to swallowing and chewing difficulties; (7) Discharge guidance: provide guidance for continued rehabilitation at home or in the community. (7) Discharge guidance: guidance for continued rehabilitation care at home or in the community.