Priority Nursing Interventions Caring for the Stroke Patient

Mary P Amatangelo; Sarah Beth Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.cnc.2019.11.005

Priority Nursing Interventions Caring for the Stroke Patient

Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2020 Mar;32(1):67-84. doi: 10.1016/j.cnc.2019.11.005. Epub 2019 Dec 18.

Authors

Mary P Amatangelo¹, Sarah Beth Thomas²

Affiliations

¹ Neurology, Stroke, Neurocritical Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 15 Francis Street, BB 335, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: MAMATANGELO@BWH.HARVARD.EDU.
² Neuroscience/Critical Care, Brigham Health/Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Tower 10-65, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

PMID: 32014162
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnc.2019.11.005

Abstract

Nearly 20% of all patients with ischemic stroke will require care in an intensive care unit (ICU), particularly those who have received intravenous alteplase or endovascular therapy. Prioritizing nursing intervention and intensive care monitoring can improve patient outcomes and reduce disability. A collaborative interdisciplinary team approach best facilitates the ICU care of an acute stroke patient.

Keywords: Complex ischemic stroke patients; Intensive care unit (ICU) nursing care; Poststroke complications.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Critical Care Nursing*
Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use*
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Monitoring, Physiologic*
Stroke / complications*
Stroke / drug therapy*
Stroke / nursing
Thrombolytic Therapy
Tissue Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use*

Substances

Fibrinolytic Agents
Tissue Plasminogen Activator