[CITATION][C] A core curriculum for nurse life care planning
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Traumatic Brain Injury
BSN Terri Brandley, CCML Husted… - … Curriculum for Nurse …, 2013 - books.google.com
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines traumatic brain injury (TBI)
as a blow to the head or penetrating head injury that disrupts the function ofthe brain. This is
the typical explanation of a brain injury when one thinks about TBI. The Brain Injury
Association ofAmerica (BIAA) defines TBI as “an alteration in brain function, or other
evidence ofbrain pathology, caused by an external force”(BIAUSA 2011). BIAA further
differentiates TBI from an acquired brain injury (ABI)(BIAA, 2011). An ABI is an injury or insult …
as a blow to the head or penetrating head injury that disrupts the function ofthe brain. This is
the typical explanation of a brain injury when one thinks about TBI. The Brain Injury
Association ofAmerica (BIAA) defines TBI as “an alteration in brain function, or other
evidence ofbrain pathology, caused by an external force”(BIAUSA 2011). BIAA further
differentiates TBI from an acquired brain injury (ABI)(BIAA, 2011). An ABI is an injury or insult …
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