AANN Comprehensive Review for Stroke Nursing, 2nd Edition, Ch. 6 Medications: Digital Version-Stroke Index

Stroke Index

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This excerpt is the index of <em>AANN Comprehensive Review for Stroke Nursing</em>. It maps the book’s broad coverage of stroke nursing, from brain anatomy and stroke mechanisms to prevention, diagnosis, acute treatment, rehabilitation, and quality improvement.

Major topics include ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, transient ischemic attack, subarachnoid hemorrhage, stroke mimics, risk factors, and prevention strategies. The index points to prehospital assessment, emergency triage, stroke scales, imaging and laboratory tests, thrombolysis, thrombectomy, blood pressure and glucose management, anticoagulation, and complication prevention.

It also covers stroke-unit nursing, including neurological monitoring, swallowing and aspiration precautions, fever and pain control, mobility, skin care, fall and seizure prevention, and venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. Rehabilitation topics include neuroplasticity, interdisciplinary care, functional assessment, caregiver support, post-stroke depression, community reintegration, and return to driving or work.

Additional sections address medications, stroke systems of care, certification standards, quality measures, and continuous quality-improvement methods. Overall, the index serves as a reference guide to the clinical, preventive, rehabilitative, and organizational dimensions of comprehensive stroke nursing.

Keywords

stroke nursing

ischemic stroke

hemorrhagic stroke

transient ischemic attack

subarachnoid hemorrhage

stroke prevention

thrombolysis

thrombectomy

stroke rehabilitation

quality improvement