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Fast Facts for Stroke Care Nursing : an Expert Guide in a Nutshell.

This highly practical, pocket-sized reference for stroke care nurses provides quick, bedside access to the most current guidelines for diagnostic tests, state-of-the-art treatments, and best practice standards. The first of its kind, the resource distills lengthy and often complex national stroke ca...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Morrison, Kathy (Nurse) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Springer Publishing Company, [2014]
Series:Fast facts (Springer Publishing Company)
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I Foundations of Stroke Care
  • 1. Stroke Care Evolution: How We Got Here
  • 2. Basic Cerebrovascular Anatomy
  • 3. Stroke Types
  • 4. Physiology of Stroke
  • 5. Associated Stroke Disorders
  • 6. Stroke Diagnostics
  • 7. Neurologic Assessment
  • 8. Stroke Severity Scores
  • pt. II Saving the Penumbra
  • 9. Acute Ischemic Stroke Interventions
  • pt. III Mechanical Interventions for Secondary Prevention
  • 10. Ischemic Stroke
  • 11. Hemorrhagic Stroke
  • pt. IV Key Elements of Stroke Care
  • 12. Prehospital and Emergency Department
  • 13. In the Stroke Unit
  • 14. In the Intensive Care Unit / Susan J. Pazuchanics
  • 15. Patient and Family as Members of the Team and Transitions From Acute Care
  • pt. V Post
  • Acute Care Essentials
  • 16. Rehabilitative Care
  • 17. Secondary Prevention
  • pt. VI Primary Prevention Essentials
  • 18. Primary Prevention
  • pt. VII Evidence-Based Practice
  • 19. Connecting Data to Clinical Practice.