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The population of the United States is aging and by 2020, there will be 51 million Americans over the age of 65 years.
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As an emergency nurse, you are expected to recognize the symptoms of a stroke and properly intervene in the patient's care and treatment, including planning for possible deterioration in the patient's condition, says Mary Ann Shea, JD, RN, a St. Louis-based nurse attorney and former ED nurse.
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You'll need to make several changes to comply with updated isolation guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), which better address special environments and special populations such as EDs, says Doe Kley, RN, CIC, infection control coordinator at McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, UT.
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If a 36-year-old woman came to your ED with obvious signs of a stroke, would you suspect that intimate partner violence (IPV) might be the cause? After ED nurses at a university medical center treated the woman for stroke, a nurse asked about IPV during a routine assessment.
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A growing number of EDs are switching to the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) five-level triage system, but many emergency nurses are struggling to find effective ways to determine competency.
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A patient comes in with a superficial laceration that is expertly assessed by the ED nurse and repaired by the ED physician but the patient's hypertension is missed.
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Do you know the recommended door-to-drug time for administration of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) for ischemic stroke? Are you aware that the neurological status of a stroke patient should be monitored frequently for 24 hours after tPA is given? Do you know the recommended dosage of tPA?
