AH2 Ch 38: Critical Care of Patients With Neurologic Emergencies

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Plan collaborative care with the interprofessional team to promote mobility, sensory perception, perfusion, and cognition in patients with neurologic emergencies. 2. Teach adults how to decrease the risk for traumatic brain injury and stroke. 3. Teach the patient and caregiver(s) about common drugs and other management strategies used for brain tumors affecting mobility and cognition. 4. Plan patient- and family-centered nursing interventions to decrease the psychosocial impact caused by living with traumatic brain injury and stroke. 5. Apply knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology to provide evidence-based care for patients with neurologic emergencies. 6. Analyze assessment and diagnostic findings to generate solutions and prioritize nursing care for patients who have neurologic emergencies. 7. Organize care coordination and transition management for patients living with neurologic emergencies. 8. Use clinical judgment to plan evidence-based nursing care to promote perfusion and decrease complications in patients with neurologic emergencies. 9. Incorporate factors that affect health equity into the plan of care for patients with stroke.