Fast Facts About Stroke Care for the Advanced Practice Nurse (eBook)

Kathy J. Morrison, Diane C. McLaughlin (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023 | 1., First Edition
234 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
9780826176042 (ISBN)

Infos

This practical guide to diagnostic tests, advanced treatments, medication management, research protocols, and best practice standards is a quick and handy reference for the advanced practice nurse caring for stroke patients. Fast Facts About Stroke Care for the Advanced Practice Nurse serves as an instructive resource for advanced practice providers not specializing in neurology or neurocritical care but who are increasingly called upon to care for patients suffering from stroke while integrating into a multidisciplinary stroke team.This new book provides foundational information on the anatomy and physiology of the stroke patient, as well as diagnostic and assessment tools and details on treatment and education. In addition, the book provides important information on critical care, pharmacology, end-of-life management, and research, as well as examining the role of the advanced practice provider who is integrating within the core stroke team. Fast Facts About Stroke Care for the Advanced Practice Nurse provides advanced practice nurses with the essential knowledge they will need to successfully care for stroke patients while adapting into their role on the core stroke team.Key Features:Reflects the most current standards of the American Heart Association, American Stroke Association, and the leading certifying organizationsFoundational information on stroke care, anatomy, and physiologyComprehensive review of diagnostic studies and treatmentsInformation on stroke research protocols, pharmacology, and end-of-life managementAdvanced level resource for new and seasoned advanced practice providers

Inhalt

PART I: Introduction

Chapter 1: The Role of the APP in Stroke Care

PART II: Foundations of Stroke Care

Chapter 2: Stroke Care Evolution

Chapter 3: Advanced Anatomy & Physiology

Chapter 4: Associated Stroke Disorders & Stroke Mimics

PART III: Diagnostics and Assessment

Chapter 5: Neurological and Functional Assessment in Stroke

Chapter 6: Diagnostic Stroke Work-up

PART IV: Diagnostics and Assessment

Chapter 7: Emergency Care: Prehospital and in the Emergency Department

Chapter 8: Endovascular and Surgical Management of Stroke

Chapter 9: ICU Stroke Care

Chapter 10: Critical Care Pharmacology

Chapter 11: Stroke Unit Care

Chapter 12: Telestroke

Chapter 13: End of Life Care

PART V: Education and Research

Chapter 14: Primary and Secondary Stroke Prevention

Chapter 15: Provider and Staff Education and Competence

Chapter 16: Quality Metrics, Data Use and Guidelines

Chapter 17: Stroke Research and the Advanced Practice Provider

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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• Themenwelt: Pflege ► Fachpflege ► Anästhesie / Intensivmedizin
• ISBN-13: 9780826176042 / 9780826176042