Treatment and nursing care for a patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome.

The care of a patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome is challenging for the healthcare team. By incorporating both physical and psychological care in a patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome, the critical care nurse can adapt to the changing plan of care that accompanies this diagnosis. Because the disease normally starts with a motor weakness and ends with the patient requiring months or even years of rehabilitation, the patient should be prepared for this extended period of treatment. It is only by collaboration of the entire healthcare team that such tasks as diagnosis, treatment, therapy, and pharmaceutical interventions are performed in such a way to help the patient regain a previous level of independence.