The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is accepted as the definitive clinical examination to assess stroke severity. This project examined barriers to implementation and NIHSS use by ...
Intravenous thrombolysis has become a fairly standard therapy for significant early ischemic stroke, with approximately 35,000 Americans receiving IVT for this event each year. An ...
Nurses on the stroke/neurovascular unit at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center (PSVMC) in Portland, OR, care for approximately 500 stroke patients per year. Nursing staff members used the standard ...