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Article: Teaching Acute Care Nurses Cognitive Assessment Using LOCFAS: What's the Best Method?(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
- Article date:
- February 1, 2001
- Author:
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Abstract: The Levels of Cognitive Functioning Assessment Scale (LOCFAS) is a behavioral checklist used by nurses in the acute care setting to assess the level of cognitive functioning in severely brain-injured patients in the early posttrauma period. Previous research studies have supported the reliability and validity of LOCFAS. For LOCFAS to become a more firmly established method of cognitive assessment, nurses must become familiar with and proficient in the use of this instrument. The purpose of this study was to find the most effective method of instruction by comparing three methods: a self-directed manual, a teaching video, and a classroom presentation. Videotaped ...
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