A scientific statement regarding targeted nursing interventions in rural settings to improve stroke care has been published by the AHA.

Hospitals are referring a larger share of stroke patients to inpatient rehabilitation facilities, which typically favor home health as the provider of any additional step-down care, a recent study ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. The American Heart Association released a set of three ...

Designation as a stroke center requires that all clinical and nonclinical hospital employees receive training on how to recognize a stroke and take appropriate actions. This was the challenge JFK ...

Stroke is often seen as a crisis of the moment — an acute medical emergency where the first 24-48 hours are critical for survival. But for many patients, the challenges don’t end there. Navigating the ...

Erlanger Neurology has announced the recipients for the Stroke Nurse Champion recognition. The Stroke Nurse Champion recognizes nurses who go above and beyond to take excellent care of stroke patients ...

Overall deaths due to ischemic stroke have increased in several categories, especially in nonmetropolitan and minority populations, and at-home deaths due to ischemic stroke increased by 21% between ...

When Cheryl Hamrick woke up in the middle of the night, she didn’t know what time it was. It was the awful pain radiating from the right side of the back of her head that was at the forefront of her ...

The UCSF Stroke Center has received designation as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, the highest and most demanding certification awarded to hospitals that can treat the most complex stroke cases. “This ...

After controlling for age, race, and stroke severity, Black and Hispanic women in the younger (65-74 years) and middle age (75-84 years) groups had a greater chance of being sent to a skilled nursing ...