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Goals and Learning Outcomes

Stroke affects many people’s lives in many ways. To improve the outcomes of patients, nurses should understand the management of patients with stroke, including pathophysiology, treatment options, potential complications, and rehabilitation after a stroke. A knowledgeable nurse can empower patients and their families to be proactive throughout the stroke recovery process. Research and technological advances have led to changes in stroke management and are addressed in this activity.


After taking this course, you should be able to:

  • Discuss trends in stroke prevention and management.
  • Summarize the nursing role in the initial treatment of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.
  • Describe the nursing role in the care of patients with stroke in the acute care setting.
  • Discuss principles and strategies used in stroke rehabilitation.
  • State strategies used in the rehabilitation of patients with mobility and self-care deficits after a stroke.
  • Identify strategies in the rehabilitation of patients with cognitive, sensory, and perceptual deficits after stroke.
  • Describe techniques used in the management of patients with dysphasia.
  • Discuss approaches used in the management of patients with communication deficits.
  • Describe strategies used in the management of patients with elimination impairments or sexual dysfunction.
  • Discuss psychosocial issues faced by patients and identify planning necessary for successful community transition after stroke.
  • Discuss trends in stroke prevention and management
  • Summarize the nursing role in the initial treatment of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke
  • Describe the nursing role in the care of patients with stroke in the acute care setting
  • Discuss principles and strategies used in stroke rehabilitation
  • State strategies used in the rehabilitation of patients with mobility and self-care deficits after a stroke
  • Identify strategies in the rehabilitation of patients with cognitive, sensory, and perceptual deficits after stroke
  • Describe techniques used in the management of patients with dysphasia
  • Discuss approaches used in the management of patients with communication deficits
  • Describe strategies used in the management of patients with elimination impairments or sexual dysfunction
  • Discuss psychosocial issues faced by patients and identify planning necessary for successful community transition after stroke

Course Termination Date: Not yet determined

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/24

Course Originally Released On: 04/01/20

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Accreditation Information

NURSES

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791

Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

 

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Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, Kansas State Board of Nursing, Kentucky Board of Nursing, Michigan Board of Nursing, Mississippi Board of Nursing, New Hampshire Board of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, North Dakota Board of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Registered Nurses

 

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Disclosures

None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.