AANN Comprehensive Review for Stroke Nursing, 2nd Edition, Ch. 1 Anatomy and Physiology: Digital Version-Stroke Index

Stroke Index

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This document is an alphabetical index to <em>AANN Comprehensive Review for Stroke Nursing</em> (pages 345–366). It maps the book’s broad coverage of stroke nursing, from foundational brain anatomy, vascular territories, stroke mechanisms, and clinical syndromes to prevention, diagnosis, acute treatment, rehabilitation, and quality improvement.

Topics include stroke risk factors and prevention; prehospital assessment and emergency triage; neurologic scales and diagnostic imaging; ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke care; thrombolysis, thrombectomy, anticoagulation, blood-pressure and glucose management; and complications such as seizures, dysphagia, fever, infection, cerebral edema, and venous thromboembolism. The index also covers medication classes and individual drugs, laboratory studies, stroke mimics, and related conditions such as transient ischemic attack and cerebral venous thrombosis.

Later sections address stroke units and systems of care, rehabilitation settings and teams, neuroplasticity, functional assessment, caregiver support, discharge planning, community reintegration, and return to driving or work. Additional entries point to guidance, certification, and quality-measurement programs from professional organizations and health agencies.

The index is a navigation aid rather than a narrative explanation: entries direct readers to specific pages and tables throughout the review.

Keywords

stroke nursing

ischemic stroke

hemorrhagic stroke

thrombolysis

thrombectomy

neurologic assessment

stroke prevention

diagnostic imaging

rehabilitation

quality improvement