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Stroke Alert - CE461
Stroke Alert
Brain Attack — Think TPA!
by John P. Harper, RN-BC, MSN and Anna Ver Hage, RN, BSN, CCRN, CNRN
CE461 l 1.00 contact hrs

Price: $ 10.00

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Objectives:
The goal of this program is to provide nurses with information about the etiology, risk factors, signs and symptoms and pharmacologic management of acute ischemic stroke, including stroke complicating cardiac catheterization. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to —
  • Identify two causes of acute ischemic stroke.
  • Describe the evaluation process for recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) in acute ischemic stroke.
  • Discuss the pharmacologic management of acute ischemic stroke.

This course will be updated or discontinued on or before 10/26/2013

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