Stroke Ceus

Stroke is one of leading causes of death and significant disability worldwide. Therefore, health care professionals should possess an understand of how to effectively manage stroke patients. This CEU reviews newly identified stroke risk factors in orde...

Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in the United Sates and one of the leading causes of long-term disability. It can strike without warning and devastate the lives of those it affects. It is imperative health care professionals understand how...

A diagnosis of dementia can be frightening for those affected by the syndrome, their family members, and caretakers. This CEU course provides nurses with a general overview of various types of dementia, describes how the disorders are diagnosed and tr...

A diagnosis of dementia can be frightening for those affected by the syndrome, their family members, and caretakers. This CE course provides a general overview of various types of dementia, describes how the disorders are diagn...

Lewy Body dementia (LBD) is a complex and challenging brain disorder. This CE course explains what is known about the different types of LBD and how they are diagnosed. Most importantly, it describes how to treat and manage th...

The guideline is relevant to all healthcare professionals providing or directing treatment services to patients recovering from a stroke, in any healthcare setting (primary care, specialty care, and long-term care) and in community pr...

Stroke is one of leading causes of death and significant disability worldwide. Therefore, health care professionals should possess an understand of how to effectively manage stroke patients. This CEU reviews newly identified stroke risk factors in orde...

Weight loss does not have to be dramatic to be beneficial, just a 5% weight loss can have a profound impact on health. But do primary care providers know how to deliver obesity counseling? Do they know what works to achieve and maintain the 5% weight l...

Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability and death in the U.S. Stroke is the result of a blocked or ruptured blood vessel that deprives brain cells of oxygen, resulting in tissue death within minutes. Brain cells die every minute during a stro...

Stroke remains a major neurological problem in the U.S., affecting millions of people and their families. Stroke is the fifth-leading cause of death and the primary cause of serious disability. About 795,000 people experience a new or recurrent stroke ...

A cerebral aneurysm is best described as a weakened part of a blood vessel in the brain that bulges outward. These aneurysms may be small and asymptomatic, or they can be large, cause warning signs that something is wrong, and then rupture, causing dea...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death caused by chronic disease in American adults, and stroke is the fifth most common cause of death in that category (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2020a). Elevated blood cholesterol causes n...

Swallowing is a complex process that requires the coordinated action of muscles in the tongue, pharynx, and esophagus. Many conditions and interventions can disrupt this process and increase the risk for aspiration. Dangerous complications of aspiratio...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) falls third behind stroke and myocardial infarction as the most common acute cardiovascular syndrome (Konstantinides, et al., 2019). It is also one of the main causes of mortality in hospitalized patients even though diagnostic ...

Executive function impairment may result from a variety of medical conditions, including traumatic brain injury, stroke, and dementia. The ability of patients to achieve goals, including rehabilitation goals, may be compromised by executive function im...

Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability and death in the U.S. Stroke is the result of a blocked or ruptured blood vessel that deprives brain cells of oxygen, resulting in tissue death within minutes. Brain cells die every minute during a stro...

Diabetes is a chronic condition that has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S. Every healthcare professional needs to be aware of current diabetes practices. The purpose of this course is to communicate current information about diabetes, including...

Prepare for the Stroke Certified RN (SCRN) Review exam with Nurse.com’s SCRN® certification test prep course. This online stroke nurse certification test prep course is designed to fit your personal schedule and timeline and features the late...

Stroke affects many people’s lives in many ways. To improve the outcomes of patients, nurses should understand the management of patients with stroke, including pathophysiology, treatment options, potential complications, and rehabilitation after...

More than two decades ago, the Patient Self-Determination Act promised more patient involvement in end-of-life treatment decisions. Unfortunately, studies have shown that current forms of advance directives have not resulted in healthcare providers' co...

Any occlusion in the pulmonary vasculature, known as a pulmonary embolus (PE), will reduce the amount of oxygen uptake in the blood, negatively affecting systemic tissue oxygenation. Numerous elements may become lodged in the blood vessels of the lungs...

This course has been approved for 2 hours by the Commission on Case Manager Certification for 03/01/2016 to 03/01/2019.

About one in five Medicare beneficiaries discharged from the hospital is readmitted within 30 days of discharge at a cost of $...

The goal of this interprofessional continuing education module is to provide an overview of the roles and interactions among a nurse, physical therapist, occupational therapist and speech-language pathologist as they address the complex rehabilitation ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that nearly 34 million adults in the U.S. smoke, and 16 million have a serious illness attributable to their smoking habit. With nearly half a million U.S. deaths attributed to smoking or e...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common abnormal heart rhythm and affects 2.7 to 6.1 million people in the U.S. and studies suggest that the incidence and prevalence is increasing (CDC, 2020). AFib is associated with a fivefold increase in the ri...

Hypertension has been called the silent killer because it causes no symptoms in most people until complications develop in its late stages. The natural history of hypertension is that of insidious onset, a clinically asymptomatic course often for a dec...

The prevalence of hypertension in the United States has increased dramatically over the past few decades, affecting more than 80 million American adults 20 years and older. Hypertension is the most common condition seen in the primary care setting. Fro...

Speech-language pathologists, occupational and physical therapists, and nurses often work with clients suffering from traumatic brain injury, cerebrovascular accidents, or dementia. These conditions are frequently accompanied by confabulation, which ma...

Stroke is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the U.S. About 795,000 people in the U.S. will have a stroke this year. Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S. and a leading cause of severe, long-term disability. This course ...

The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is used throughout the U.S. in hospital stroke centers. The Joint Commission requires all patients who receive tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) to be assessed using a full NIHSS. The NIHSS assess...

Hypertension is a common chronic disease and is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease. This course describes the condition and the management strategies. It will increase the nurse’s knowledge about prescribed medications used to treat hy...

Stroke, the fifth ranking cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the U.S., is the country’s primary neurological problem. Each year, about 795,000 people have a new or recurrent stroke, costing more than $34 billion in medical care a...

Stroke is a prevalent condition in the U.S., with an incidence of about 795,000 new or recurrent events per year. Women between the ages of 20 to 59, and 80 and older, suffer more strokes than men, with poorer outcomes than their male counterparts. Ris...

Patients with atrial fibrillation are five times more likely to suffer a stroke than someone without the condition, and long-term treatment with warfarin (Coumadin) has long been known to be very effective in prevention of stroke related to AF. More re...

Anticoagulants are some of the most common medications associated with adverse drug events in hospitalized patients. These ADEs are associated with increased mortality and increased healthcare costs. Many anticoagulant-related ADEs are the result of a ...

Coordination among nurses and rehabilitation professionals is imperative to improving the lives and outcomes of patients after a stroke. Each specialty has important, unique functions to perform, requiring careful management by a unified team. This mod...

Traumatic brain injury, also called acquired brain injury or head injury, occurs when a sudden trauma causes some level of injury to the brain. The leading cause of TBI in civilians is falls, accounting for 47% of TBIs, with another 14% related to moto...

Atrial fibrillation is a major health, social, and economic problem affecting approximately 2.7 to 6.1 million Americans. It’s becoming increasingly common as the population ages, with nearly 4% of the population over age 60 and 8% of people olde...

Skilled assessment to achieve rapid diagnosis and intervention for ischemic stroke is essential. Current evidence-based recommendations call for IV thrombolytic therapy to begin on carefully selected patients within a short time frame following onset o...

Commonly known as brain attack, stroke occurs in about 795,000 Americans every year. A “wait-and-see” attitude no longer has a place in stroke care because time to treatment is critical to minimize loss of functional status.

Obesity affects the entire scope of a person’s life, including health, social relationships, self-image, and psychological well-being. Obesity rates in the United States remain the highest in the world. Now recognized as a chronic disease that mu...

Treatment for acute ischemic stroke focuses on improving perfusion to the affected area of the brain by restoring blood flow through thrombolytic therapy, mechanical revascularization (the use of devices that extract the clot), or in some cases, emerge...

Chronic conditions — particularly heart disease, stroke, diabetes, lung disease, obesity, and arthritis — are creating a significant burden on our healthcare system, and the problem continues to increase. Healthcare professionals witness fi...

Intensive basic research in the past half-century has given nurses and other healthcare professionals a better understanding of the precise alterations that occur in both the physiological and pathophysiological states following ischemic brain injury. ...

According to data from the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort study, approximately 34% of men and 17% of women have obstructive sleep apnea in the United States. Four to fifty percent of adults, worldwide, have diagnosable obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and many of...

Only about half of American adults engage is the recommended aerobic activity as outlined in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Health care professionals need to understand the latest exercise ...

Falls are a serious health risk for older people, and a fall is a life-changing event that can lead to disability, loss of independence, or even death. About 28.7% of adults aged 65 and older fall every year. Healthcare professionals of various discipl...

According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 8% to 10% of American children younger than 18 years have some sort of learning disability that has the potential to continue to affect them into adulthood. While the true preval...

At the conclusion of this learning activity, the reader should be able to:

According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS, 2018), autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are defined as a significant difficult...

By the completion of this module, the APRN should be able to:

Describe the pathophysiology of normal bleeding and blood clotting, discuss the distinction between primary and secondary hemostasis, as well as provide an overview of the clotting cas...

The purpose of this module is to examine the pathophysiological basis of normal blood clotting as well as the most common disorders of excessive blood clotting and bleeding, exploring the clinical manifestations and nursing implications of each disease...

Upon completion of this module, the APRN will be able to:

Describe the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus.List national guideline recommendations for optimal cardiovascular health in diabetes mellitus.Discuss ev...

Upon completion of this module, the nurse will be able to:

Describe the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus.List the national guideline recommendations for optimal cardiovascular health in diabetes mellitus.Discu...

Introduction

The American Heart Association (AHA) estimates that approximately 6.2 million Americans 20 years of age and older have heart failure, and although survival rates for heart failure (HF) are improving, it remains a serious disease (Ben...

At the conclusion of this exercise, the learner will be prepared to:

The leading cause of cardiovascular disease and stroke is hypertension (HTN) and, therefore these are concerns for anyone with elevated blood pressure (BP). HTN is the most comm...

At the conclusion of this exercise, the APRN will be prepared to:

The leading cause of cardiovascular disease and stroke is hypertension (HTN) and, therefore these are concerns for anyone with elevated blood pressure (BP). HTN is the most common ...

At the conclusion of this exercise, the nurse will be prepared to:

The leading cause of cardiovascular disease and stroke is hypertension (HTN) and, therefore these are concerns for anyone with elevated blood pressure (BP). HTN is the most common...

Defined

Metabolic syndrome is an aggregate of risk factors that raise the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke. Metabolic health is defined as the biochemical process involved in the body to maintain homeostasis, or normal function (Nation...

By the completion of this activity, the APRN will be able to:

Globally, cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death. In 2016, 31% of all global deaths, or an estimated 17.9 million people, died from cardiovascular diseases; 85% of the...

The purpose of this course is to ensure that the nurse is cognizant of the most recent recommendations regarding the diagnosis and management of acute ischemic attacks within the brain, or strokes.

By the completion of this activity, the nurse w...

Background

The obesity epidemic is a major global health challenge, and despite its negative impact on health, it is projected to rise substantially over the next several decades (Batsis & Zagaria, 2018). Obesity is associated with some o...

During the past decades, advances in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cerebrovascular disorders have led to decreases in the prevalence of stroke (primarily ischemic stroke), but the high rates of morbidity and mortality, des...

Every year, thousands of individuals will die as a result of their diabetes complications, and stroke is one of the leading causes of death in this population. Good control of diabetes and of other signs of cerebrovascular disease can r...

Hypertension is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality and a major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), as well as stroke, end-stage renal failure, and peripheral vascular disease. Most adults with CVD comorb...

This peer reviewed course is applicable for the following professions: Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational N...

Primary hypertension is more common than secondary hypertension. The cause of primary hypertension is not known, however there is a correlation between primary hypertension and certain genetic, age-related a...

Hypertension can occur as a primary progressive disease or can be due to secondary conditions. The Joint National Committee has provided recommendations for hypertension management and each recommendation is graded based upon the strength of the recomm...