Anosognosia for hemiplegia (AHP) after stroke is a complex cognitive behavioral disorder that removes awareness of one-sided paralysis (hemiplegia).January/February2020-Volume45-Issue1PreviousAbstractNextAbstractFullTextAccessforSubscribers:IndividualSubscribersLoginforaccessInstitutionalMembersAccessonOvid®NotaSubscriber?BuySubscribeRequestPermissionsYoucanreadthefulltextofthisarticleifyou:SelectanoptionLogInBuyArticleSubscribeContent&PermissionsOvidMemberInstitutionalAccessLogInOvidMemberInstitutionalAccessArticleasEPUBExportAllImagestoPowerPointFileAddtoMyFavoritesColleague'sE-mailisInvalidYourName:(optional)YourEmail:Colleague'sEmail:Separatemultiplee-mailswitha(;).Message:Thoughtyoumightappreciatethisitem(s)IsawatRehabilitationNursingJournal.SendacopytoyouremailYourmessagehasbeensuccessfullysenttoyourcolleague.Someerrorhasoccurredwhileprocessingyourrequest.Pleasetryaftersometime.EndNoteProciteReferenceManagerSavemyselectionCLINICALFEATUREByrd,ElizabethM.MSN,RN,CCNS1;Jablonski,RitaJ.PhD1;Vance,DavidE.PhD1AuthorInformation1UniversityofAlabamaBirminghamSchoolofNursing,Birmingham,AL,USACorrespondence:ElizabethM.Byrd,MSN,RN,CCNS,SchoolofNursing,UniversityofAlabamaatBirmingham,1701UniversityBoulevard,Birmingham,AL35294.E-mail:[email protected]Citethisarticleas:Byrd,E.M.,Jablonski,R.J.,&Vance,D.E.(2020).Understandinganosognosiaforhemiplegiaafterstroke.RehabilitationNursing,45(1),3–15.doi:10.1097/rnj.0000000000000185RehabilitationNursing:1/22020-Volume45-Issue1-p3-15doi:10.1097/rnj.0000000000000185BuyCETestMetricsAbstractBackground Anosognosiaforhemiplegia(AHP)afterstrokeisacomplexcognitivebehavioraldisorderthatremovesawarenessofone-sidedparalysis(hemiplegia).Asaresult,strokesurvivorsafflictedwithAHPmaybemorelikelytohaveunrealisticexpectationsforstrokerehabilitation,displayunsafebehaviorsandexperiencefalls,andultimatelysufferthephysicalandpsychologicalconsequencesoffrequentfalling.Objective ThepurposeofthisarticleistodescribeAHPbydiscussinganosognosiawithinthecontextof