A registered nurse case manager for MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland woke up with a headache and said she felt dizzy off and on throughout the day, according to Midland Daily News. By the afternoon, ...
Designation as a stroke center requires that all clinical and nonclinical hospital employees receive training on how to recognize a stroke and take appropriate actions. This was the challenge JFK ...
A former intensive care and home health nurse, Lana Wilhelm, has leveraged her experience as both a nurse and a family caregiver to found an organization ...
We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. The American Heart Association released a set of three ...
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The National Stroke Strategy identified that staff caring for people with stroke needed knowledge and skills, and nationally recognised learning programmes were required. This article describes the ...
A stroke is a disease that affects the arteries leading to and within the brain. It is the fifth highest cause of death globally. The importance of expert intervention, regular physiotherapy and ...
The majority of people recuperating from a stroke should be treated in an inpatient rehabilitation facility, rather than a nursing home, according to new recommendations from the American Heart ...
For 10 years, Deb Nussdorfer has gone to work at Penrose-St. Francis Health Services as an RN and Magnet Program Director, but she never imagined her employer would one day save her life. Nussdorfer, ...
Registered nurse Jay Connelly seeks to live every day to do work that’s purposeful and worthwhile and to make a difference in the life of someone else. It’s the mantra he picked up from visionary and ...
The NHS Fast (Face, Arms, Speech, Time) acronym is a simple way to help people identify the most common signs of a stroke: ...
Acute stroke is a medical emergency. Time to treatment is critical to long-term recovery. We will focus on local hospitals in Western North Carolina and their capability to care for acute stroke. The ...