DAIC

MAY 30, 2024

milla1cf Thu, 05/30/2024 - 10:22 May 30, 2024 — A recent study published in the European Heart Journal highlights the significant enhancements that the Kosmos ultrasound system, developed by EchoNous , brings to cardiac evaluations for chemotherapy patients. Attendees are invited to visit our booth to learn more and chat with us.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP59-ATP59, February 1, 2024. Background and Issue:Shared governance (SG) is an organized forum where bedside nurses are engaged in decision-making about professional practice, QI, and research to improve patient outcomes. A charter was developed to organize the meeting.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4114994-A4114994, November 12, 2024. These gaps may undermine patient safety.Research Question:What are the nursing practices and perspectives regarding management of EVDs and LDs?Methods/Approach:A reported roles as Neuroscience ICU nurses, and 39.2%

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

The purpose of this study is to determine if consistent nurse-led stroke alert activation improves door to needle (DTN) times, which frequently results in better patient outcomes.Method:The method applied was a retrospective review of stroke alert records to evaluate the efficacy of different activation models.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

A virtual neurologist rounded on all patient consults using video camera technology and a nurse delegate at the bedside. Beginning in April of 2024 the nurse delegate identified patients with an admission diagnosis of stroke and checked for presence of the ischemic stroke orderset prior to virtual rounds.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Image courtesy of the UT Health Science Center milla1cf Thu, 02/15/2024 - 13:16 February 15, 2024 — Research findings in a clinical trial led by a professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center ’s College of Nursing are likely to dramatically change care and improve outcomes for patients suffering from acute stroke.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A32-A32, February 1, 2024. Background:Patients receiving care from stroke specialized nurses have better outcomes. This suggests that escape room activities can be an effective way to develop clinical knowledge in stroke nursing.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP69-ATP69, February 1, 2024. Background:Stroke nursing education is a requirement for Stroke Center designation. We assessed nurses’ performance during the educational process. Over 2,000 nurses took part in our educational days during years of 2020-2023.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ASa404-ASa404, November 12, 2024. The AHS’s Nursing Professional Development (NPD) department identified inaccuracies in data collection and minimal educational resources for improvement.Hypothesis:Would a nurse-centric Resuscitation Institute impact quality survivability metrics at an AHS?Goals:The

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP38-AWP38, February 1, 2024. Nurses received comprehensive training in intervention goals and identification of stroke symptoms and last known-well times. A paradigm shift towards ED triage nurse-led stroke code activation for acute stroke may lead to higher quality acute stroke care.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Despite this, most educational resources are focused on stroke-specific units rather than on all inpatient nursing areas. Stroke unit nurses also completed a fourth puzzle focused on patient education. The Escape Room consisted of three puzzles for non-stroke units and an additional puzzle for stroke units. on non-stroke units.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Allied Health

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Event 2024 STS Coding Workshop dkaczmarek Thu, 11/16/2023 - 11:37 Event dates Feb 23–24, 2024 Register Now Location Virtual Register Now Add to calendar. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:  Identify new CPT codes, updates, and payment policies affecting cardiothoracic surgery coding for 2024.

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Heart BMJ

MAY 10, 2024

This year, I am introducing the first-ever BCS/British Association for Nursing in Cardiovascular Care Cardiac Nurse Specialist Symposium, which is part of our efforts to spread the remit of our cardiovascular education to the broader workforce.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP46-AWP46, February 1, 2024. An opportunity was identified to improve thrombolytic administration times by identifying and creating a timer keeper role as well as having a nursing code stroke checklist. This groups initiative was to improve door to needle time for eligible stroke patients.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP43-ATP43, February 1, 2024. In a large healthcare system, multiple sites received corrective action findings from regulatory agencies for missed nursing assessments. The task force led the development and implementation of a single EHR location to document nursing assessments.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP147-AWP147, February 1, 2024. A standardized Inpatient Stroke Alert pathway was created and simulated that included empowering RRT nurses to initiate stroke alerts. Introduction:In-hospital strokes are estimated to account for 2-17% of all strokes. minutes, n=47) in 2023.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP63-ATP63, February 1, 2024. Thus, the evolution a Rapid Response Team to a Nurse Responder Team. The median door to needle time before the nurse responder team was 90 minutes and after the nurse responder team the median was 52.5.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Time is of the essence - this is one phrase every emergency department (ED) nurse knows. The development and implementation of the Flow and Resuscitation (Resus) registered nurse (RN) roles supports our goal of getting the patient to the right place at the right time. The Flow nurse was made effective throughout the network in 2023.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP60-ATP60, February 1, 2024. A standardized Inpatient Stroke Alert pathway was created and simulated that included empowering RRT nurses to initiate stroke alerts. Introduction:In-hospital strokes are estimated to account for 2-17% of all strokes. minutes, n=47) in 2023.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP59-AWP59, February 1, 2024. The issue identified was the lack of advanced practice nursing (APN) on the stroke team. A disease specific nurse case manager (NCM) begins the discharge process at the time of admission and proactively identifies the multiple barriers to discharge.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP43-AWP43, February 1, 2024. Introduction:Increasing RN turnover rates are a noteworthy and nuanced problem for many nurse leaders. Each staff member was supported with mentorship check-ins by an assigned Clinical Leader and with bi-monthly check-ins with the Nurse Manager.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A35-A35, February 1, 2024. The research topics include: a brief description of study team roles, an overview of the impact of clinical trials on EBP, results for published trials, updates on current clinical trials, and the impact on nursing workflow.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP45-ATP45, February 1, 2024. In this study we assessed the treatment benefits of a nurse-driven pre-hospital telemedicine program in a community comprehensive stroke center (CSC).Methods:Telemedicine A tablet was supplied to highly specialized stroke nurses.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Then from April 2024 to July 2024 the nurses on 4N, joined in collaborative rounds with the stroke team daily. The Likert questions were graded 1-5 from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5). The RN felt more engaged and empowered to express patients needs, concerns, and felt greater collaboration with stroke team.

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DAIC

JANUARY 4, 2024

Credit: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses milla1cf Thu, 01/04/2024 - 11:00 January 4, 2024 — The days of prolonged fasting prior to cardiac catheterization may be numbered, as the body of evidence grows to allow patients to eat before the procedure.

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DAIC

JUNE 13, 2024

Image courtesy of El Camino Health milla1cf Thu, 06/13/2024 - 20:33 June 13, 2024 — Frederick St. Goar, MD, medical director at the Norma Melchor Heart & Vascular Institute , was distinguished with the Andreas Grüntzig Ethica Award , the highest global honor in interventional cardiology.

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Cardiothoracic Interventional Cardiology Bicuspid/Mitral Innovation 104

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ANS3-ANS3, February 1, 2024. Guideline based education regarding the importance of timely medication administration was provided in nursing huddles. Nurse to patient ratios were changed to 1:1 until goal BP achieved. mins p=0.02 (Table 2).Conclusion:Guideline

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DAIC

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

tim.hodson Tue, 09/17/2024 - 12:34 Sept. To access the entire AHA/ACC Scientific Statement please visit Key Data Elements and Definitions of Social Determinants of Health in Cardiology (Aug. If you enjoy this content, please share it with a colleague

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Cardiology Update

JANUARY 12, 2025

Important Deadlines: 09 Jan 2025: Abstracts submission 21 Jan 2025: Clinical cases submission 28 Feb 2025: Congress Grants Deadline 14 Mar 2025: Late-Breaking Science submission 17 Mar 2024: Early registration savings Fees: Visit ESC Heart Failure 2025 website for registration options.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

We investigated whether the nurse navigator (NN) can bridge the gap in delayed communication between neurology, cardiology, and atrial fibrillation treatment.Methods:Using a prospectively maintained Comprehensive Stroke Center database, we reviewed our ischemic stroke patients with implantable loop recorders from January 2024 to July 2024.

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DAIC

MAY 7, 2024

By avoiding unnecessary scans, stroke patients can receive the timely care that can be the difference between being able to walk out of a hospital to their homes versus being discharged to a skilled nursing facility,” said Abhishek Singh , MD, DABPN, DUCNS at the Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska.

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DAIC

JUNE 24, 2024

June 24, 2024 — Well-known Chicago and worldwide philanthropist Ann Lurie, namesake of the Ann and Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, passed away on June 24 after succumbing to glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. It reads: “With profound sadness, I share that Ann Lurie passed away this morning, June 24, 2024.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4117856-A4117856, November 12, 2024. Participants in the intervention group received a 6-week nurse-led CSM of Self-Regulation-based self-care program and usual care. Control group participants only received the usual care.

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DAIC

APRIL 9, 2024

Image courtesy of ACC milla1cf Tue, 04/09/2024 - 16:51 April 9, 2024 — Cathie Biga , MSN, FACC, today became president of the American College of Cardiology and made history as the organization’s first non-physician president. Other new officers for 2024-25 are Vice President Christopher Kramer , MD, FACC; Treasurer Akshay K.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ANS8-ANS8, February 1, 2024. Background:Extended cardiac rhythm monitoring increases the odds of detecting paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF), an important finding in the etiopathogenic evaluation of patients with ischemic stroke.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Survivors often require extended care at skilled nursing facilities (SNF) or long-term acute care centers (LTAC). Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP100-ATP100, February 1, 2025. Introduction:Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) carries high morbidity and mortality.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP64-ATP64, February 1, 2024. Our previous code stroke processes included initial evaluation by the triage nurse, followed by rooming and transferring the patient from triage to the ED room, and then to the CT suite.

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