Nursing data for this report were derived from 42 048 shifts of nursing care. The mean total of nursing
education and care management per patient was 30.6 hours (range 1.2–126.1, standard deviation (SD) 20.7,
median 25.5). The mean number of minutes per week was 264.3 (range 33.2–1253, SD 140.9, median
241.9). The time that nurses spent on each activity was significantly different in each neurological injury
group. Fifty percent of care management time was devoted to psychosocial support, while medication, skin
care, bladder, bowel, and pain management were the main education topics.