Course Description
There are things that every person working in these facilities should know to help these patients regain what was lost and prevent another stroke. One is that the national average from last known well to sending patient to the hospital is 12 hours for a stroke. At this point, we cannot do much for the patient other than try to recover what was lost. And, many times no one knows what exactly these patients need when they return home with home health or are discharge to a SNF or LTAC.
My program will help all professionals learn what they can do to help these patients returning from the hospital as well as how to recognize if these residents/patients are having a stroke and act quickly to minimize the damage.
This seminar-on-demand is 1 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).
Contact Hours: 1 
Target Audience: 
Instructional Level: Intermediate Accreditation Information:
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Course Goals & Objectives:
Course Goals:
This course is intended to instruct the professional on what they can do to help the stroke patient returning from the hospital as well as how to recognize if these residents/patients are having a stroke and act quickly to minimize the damage.
Professional Objectives:
- Identify 3 risk factors for stroke
- Identify 5 stroke symptoms
- Name the 4 most common types of infection causing readmission after a stroke.
- Identify 3 emotional effects of stroke.
- Identify 4 potential complications that must be managed after discharge for stroke patients.
Criteria for Completion:
A score of 70% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 70% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved.
Disclosures:
Contact Hours: 1
Target Audience: Physical Therapist, Physical Therapist Assistant, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Assistant, Speech Language Pathologist and Nursing
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Course Type: Seminar-on-demand
The course materials for this seminar-on-demand are available in our online format.
This course is offered for 0.10 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).
Personnel Disclosure:
Financial – Jennifer Reeves-Reed is employed by Good Shepherd Medical Center and receives a salary. She receives royalty payments from HomeCEUConnection.com for the presentation of this course. Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service.
Authors:
Jennifer Reeves-Reed
Jennifer Reeves-Reed,RN, received her Bachelor’s in Biology/PreMed from Texas A&M University in College Station ,Texas. After working as a pharmaceutical sales representative for several years she decided to return to school for her nursing degree. She attended The University of Texas at Tyler for her Bachelors in Nursing as well as her master’s in Nursing Administration. She is currently enrolled in Texas Tech University working on her Adult Geriatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certification.
Jennifer started her nursing career in the neurosurgical ICU at UTSW Zale Lipshy Hospital in Dallas, Texas and then returned to East Texas where she serves as the Stroke Coordinator at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, Texas. She has also worked as the Clinical Director of the Stroke/Cardiovascular IMC as well. Jennifer recently became published in the Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases for her work with improving door to needle times and is constantly working to improve the care for both patients and caregivers within the hospital and the community.
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