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Fewer than one third of hospitals have the required ratio of nurses to stroke patients at weekends.
Abstract Under one third of hospitals have the required number of registered nurses on duty to care for stroke patients at weekends, according to an audit. PMID: 25443452 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Nursing Standard - December 2, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Kleebauer A Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research

Application of a Robot for Critical Care Rounding in Small Rural Hospitals
This article discusses improvements in quality and finance outcomes as well as care team and patient satisfaction associated with this model. Discussion also includes expansion of the care model to the emergency department for acute stroke care.
Source: Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America - September 19, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Cindy Murray, Elizabeth Ortiz, Cay Kubin Source Type: research

Earlier thrombolytic treatment is associated with better outcomes following acute ischaemic stroke
Commentary on Saver JL, Fonarow GC, Smith EE, et al.. Time to treatment with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator and outcome from acute ischaemic stroke, JAMA 2013;309:2480–8. Implications for practice and research Optimisation is necessary in public education and hospital triage of the identification of factors such as arrival by ambulance and the importance of requesting emergency medical services (EMS) at scene of the stroke occurrence.1 The results of previous studies suggest that a disparity, observed between hospital-based outcomes for admissions that presented during regular hours and off hours, is not se...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - September 15, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Ullah, N., Thompson, M. J., Qureshi, A. I. Tags: Adult nursing, Drugs: cardiovascular system, Stroke Source Type: research

Quality of life in stroke survivor–caregiver dyads: a new conceptual framework and longitudinal study protocol
This study seeks to identify variables in the pre‐existing situation prior to the stroke (e.g. living condition), the new situation mediation poststroke (e.g. type of stroke and caregiver burden) as well as situation moderators (e.g. social support) that influence stroke survivor‐caregiver dyad's quality of life across the stroke trajectory. Also, the study will inform clinical practice and research by identifying variables that are potentially modifiable and therefore amenable to intervention. The proposed framework will also be helpful for future research focused on stroke survivor–caregiver dyads.
Source: Journal of Advanced Nursing - September 1, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Serenella Savini, Harleah G. Buck, Victoria Vaughan Dickson, Silvio Simeone, Gianluca Pucciarelli, Roberta Fida, Maria Matarese, Rosaria Alvaro, Ercole Vellone Tags: Protocol Source Type: research

Community reintegration of stroke survivors: the effect of a community navigation intervention
This study was ethically approved by the academic Research Ethics Board and clinical Research Ethics Board (Sudbury, Ontario) and funded by the Ontario Stroke Network (Canada). DiscussionResults will describe experiences and outcomes of a community navigation intervention. Engagement of multiple stakeholders has the potential to develop a shared understanding of community reintegration and generate evidence informed recommendations for service enhancement at critical points in stroke recovery to support survivor and community well‐being.
Source: Journal of Advanced Nursing - July 5, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Phyllis Montgomery, Darren Jermyn, Patricia Bailey, Parveen Nangia, Mary Egan, Sharolyn Mossey Tags: Research Protocol Source Type: research

New Exertional Heat Stroke Guidelines: Cool, Then TransportNew Exertional Heat Stroke Guidelines: Cool, Then Transport
An athlete suspected of suffering from exertional heat stroke should be cooled first (if possible) and then transported to the hospital, according to a new position statement from the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA). Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Nurses Headlines - June 30, 2014 Category: Nursing Tags: Emergency Medicine News Source Type: news

Communication Strategies Of The Nursing Team In The Aphasia After Cerebrovascular Accident
This is an exploratory, cross-sectional study of quantitative design that aimed to identify the communication strategies used and reported by the nursing staff in the care of aphasic patients after a stroke. The techniques used were the participant observation and interviews with 27 subjects of the nursing staff of neurological units in a general hospital. The most frequently mentioned strategies were gestures (100%), verbal communication (33.3%), written communication (29.6%) and the touch (18.5 %). Among the observed strategies, the gestures reached 40.7% and the touch was present in all situations, given its instrumenta...
Source: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP - June 13, 2014 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

Endovascular repair of thoracic aortic pathologies: Postoperative nursing implications
Endovascular stent grafting is increasingly used to manage descending thoracic aortic pathologies. The procedure was introduced at the study hospital in 2001. We sought to examine the short-term clinical outcomes of patients who underwent this endovascular stent grafting, with the aim of using the result as baseline for development of an in-center clinical management protocol. We undertook a single-center, retrospective review of health care records of patients managed with thoracic stent grafts from 2001 to 2009. Patient characteristics, in-hospital data, and procedural data were obtained. SPSS was used to analyze the dat...
Source: Journal of Vascular Nursing - June 1, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Tanghua Chen, John A. Crozier Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Hospitals to receive ‘anti-DVT sleeves’ for stroke patients
Hospitals across England are preparing to receive potentially lifesaving equipment to prevent deep vein thrombosis in patients immobilised by a recent stroke.
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - May 6, 2014 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Empty Handoff
A 29-year-old man with brittle diabetes (ie, frequent, severe changes in blood glucose levels) was admitted to surgery for incision and drainage of a leg infection. The patient had a history of chronic renal failure, hypertension, and stroke after a hypoglycemic event. While on the hospital floor before surgery, the patient's blood glucose level fell precipitously after he received insulin, and he required glucose several times. Because of the workload, the nurse did not accompany the patient to the OR but instead informed the transportation assistant about the patient's extreme sensitivity to insulin and asked that the i...
Source: AORN Journal - February 28, 2014 Category: Nursing Tags: Perioperative Grand Rounds Source Type: research

Evaluation of patients with stroke monitored by home care programs
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the patient with a stroke in home treatment, investigating physical capacity, mental status and anthropometric analysis. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Fortaleza/CE, from January to April of 2010. Sixty-one individuals monitored by a home care program of three tertiary hospitals were investigated, through interviews and the application of scales. The majority of individuals encountered were female (59%), elderly, bedridden, with a low educational level, a history of other stroke, a high degree of dependence for basic (73.8%) and instrumental (80.3 %) activities of da...
Source: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP - December 13, 2013 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

Keeping the story together: a holistic approach to narrative analysis
Delay seeking medical assistance for ischemic stroke symptoms is common worldwide, yet existing literature does not provide an adequate understanding of experiences at stroke onset. An explanatory narrative inquiry using a holistic-content approach to data was conducted to gain understanding of women’s experiences between symptom onset and hospital arrival. A holistic-content analysis retains the temporal dimension of each individual’s story so that the parts within the story are interpreted in relation to other parts of the story and the outcome of the story. The aim of this paper is to present the procedures ...
Source: Journal of Research in Nursing - November 20, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Beal, C. C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Factors that influence activities of daily living in the elderly with probable dementia
This study identified five factors influencing ADL that can guide researchers and nurses in developing strategies to improve ADL. AbstractThe purpose of this study was to identify the factors that influence activities of daily living (ADL) in the elderly with probable dementia. The participants were 152 older adults who voluntarily visited a hospital to participate in a national dementia free screening programme. General characteristics, health‐related characteristics, ADL, Mini‐Mental State Examination Korean Consortium (MMSE‐KC) and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) score were evaluated in this study. The data ...
Source: Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing - September 21, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: E. Ha, K. Kim Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Experiencing acute stroke: the meaning of the illness for hospitalized patients
Objetivou-se compreender o significado da experiência vivenciada pela pessoa adoecida por acidente vascular encefálico agudo. Trata-se de estudo qualitativo, fundamentado nos pressupostos teóricos do interacionismo simbólico, realizado em uma unidade especializada no tratamento de acidente vascular encefálico de um hospital terciário, situado na cidade de Fortaleza, CE. Participaram do estudo 10 pacientes. A coleta de dados ocorreu por meio de entrevista aberta e os dados foram organizados e analisados segundo a técnica de enunciação. Cumpriram-se todos os aspectos éticos. O significado da experiência de adoecim...
Source: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP - June 7, 2013 Category: Nursing Source Type: research