| Description |
1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Fast facts
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Fast facts (Springer Publishing Company)
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| Summary |
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 care guidelines into clear, bite-size chunks of information. Not only does it provide comprehensive stroke care information, it also explains the rationale behind stroke standards, making them easier to embrace and incorporate into practice. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cerebrovascular disease -- Nursing.
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Cerebrovascular disease -- Nursing. |
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Cerebrovascular disease. |
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Evidence-based nursing.
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Evidence-based nursing. |
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Rehabilitation nursing.
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Rehabilitation nursing. |
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Stroke -- nursing. |
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Evidence-Based Nursing. |
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Rehabilitation Nursing. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Morrison, Kathy. Fast Facts for Stroke Care Nursing. New York : Springer Publishing Company, 2014 9780826127174 |
| ISBN |
9780826127181 (electronic book) |
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0826127185 (electronic book) |
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