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Conclusions

•We hypothesize that formal stroke education

of nursing staff may improve rapid

recognition, definitive treatment, and

outcomes of acute stroke patients

•“Time is Brain”

• 2 Hours vs. 4.9 hours

• IV tPA?

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Conclusions •We hypothesize that formal stroke education of nursing staff may improve rapid recognition, definitive treatment, and outcomes of acute stroke patients •“Time is Brain” • 2 Hours vs. 4.9 hours • IV tPA?

Limitations • We do not have a comparison group of un- educated nursing staff • We do not know how many patients with stroke did not have stroke team activation by nurses or physicians

Page 1 and 2: Nurses Activate Inpatient Stroke Al
Page 3 and 4: Introduction • Our stroke nurse,
Page 5 and 6: Hypothesis • Educated non-neurolo
Page 7 and 8: • Statistics: Methods - proportio
Page 9 and 10: Results • 60% (56/93) of the stro
Page 11 and 12: Results (Time to activation) • Nu
Page 13: Conclusions • Non-neurological un

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