Queen Vicky
Torbay Hospital, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torquay, England.
Nurs Older People. 2017 May 31;29(5):30-37. doi: 10.7748/nop.2017.e861.
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common progressive neurological condition. There are 127,000 people with the disease in the UK, that is, one in every 500 of the population. In 2014-15 there were 14,000 hospital admissions of people with PD in England. However, PD is often not the primary cause of admission. Urinary tract infections and pneumonia, for example, are frequent causes of hospital admission for people with PD. Therefore, nurses on general medical and surgical wards will often care for people with PD. This article aims to provide an update on PD and explore the nurse's role in assessment and provision of safe and effective care for patients with PD in acute hospital settings.
帕金森病（PD）是一种常见的进行性神经疾病。英国有12.7万人患有这种疾病，即每500人中就有1人患病。在2014 - 2015年期间，英格兰有1.4万名帕金森病患者住院。然而，帕金森病往往不是住院的主要原因。例如，尿路感染和肺炎是帕金森病患者住院的常见原因。因此，普通内科和外科病房的护士经常会护理帕金森病患者。本文旨在提供帕金森病的最新情况，并探讨护士在急性医院环境中对帕金森病患者进行评估以及提供安全有效护理方面的作用。
