2012 - My American Heart - American Heart Association

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Arlene A Schmid, PhD, OTR
Karen Seagraves, MS, MPH, ACNS-BC, ANP-BC
Kathleen A Stevens, PhD, RN, CRRN, NE-BC
Debbie R Summers, MSN, RN, CNRN, CCRN, FAHA
Stephanie Vaughn, PhD, RN, CRRN
Sponsored by the American Heart Association’s Stroke Nursing Committee
of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and co-sponsored by the
Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association.
Symposium Description
The State-of-the-Art Stroke Nursing Symposium is a forum designed to
provide current information for nursing and other healthcare professionals
who treat patients and families in all phases of stroke treatment from the
emergency department through rehabilitation. The symposium will update
and inform the audience about nursing issues along the continuum of
stroke care (ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke management, rehabilitation
and program development.) The goal of the program is to share innovative
best clinical practices that have been developed to optimize patient
outcomes throughout the stroke continuum of care. A plenary program
and break-out sessions are planned to meet educational needs for nurses
and healthcare professionals at various levels of skill.
Nursing Symposium 2012 Learning Objectives
1. Explain how to meet the growing needs of a community comprehensive
stroke center
2. Assess a successful outpatient follow-up initiative
3. Restate a long-term survivor’s experience of integration back into life
4. Define advanced stroke concepts including:
a. Clinical decision and stroke management utilizing imaging
b. Nursing treatment and management through case study
c. In-hospital stroke
5. Articulate the essentials of standard clinical practice and stroke center
development including:
a. Developing a stroke system of care in rural Illinois
b. Stroke nurse navigation
c. Improving patient care through standardization and evidencebased
medicine
6. Explain stroke rehabilitation and recovery including:
a. DSC stroke certification
b. Stroke rehab certification
c. Quality Measures for post-stroke rehabilitation
7. Apply professional development including:
a. Navigating the AHA
b. Submission of an abstract
c. Pursuing the latest science
d. Sharing science (acute care)
e. Sharing science (prevention)
f. Sharing science (rehab)
8. Describe dysphagia including:
a. Defining issues in dysphagia
b. Reviewing the current science of dysphagia screening
c. Dysphagia screening – beside application and mechanics of
screening tools
d. Dysphagia screening – interdisciplanary practices
Continuing Education Accreditation – Nurses
The American Heart Association is accredited as a provider of continuing
nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s
Commission on Accreditation. The maximum number of hours awarded
for this CE activity is 6.00 contact hours.
Accredited status does not imply endorsement by the American Heart
Association or the American Nurses Credentialing Center of any commercial
products displayed in conjunction with an activity.