Care of the Patient With Acute Ischemic Stroke: Update to the 2009 Comprehensive Nursing Care Scientific Statement

• The AHA has updated the 2009 Comprehensive Overview of Nursing and Interdisciplinary Care of the Acute Ischemic Stroke patient, a seminal paper for nursing care of stroke patients. This Top Things to Know incorporates content from all three scientific statements. Read all three papers for full content.
• These updates are a part of a 3-part series focusing on emergency medical services/emergency care, endovascular/intensive care unit care, and post-acute care.
• Nurses are the key drivers of stroke care throughout all phases of hospitalization in the acute phase of stroke.

Read the full articles in Stroke:

• Prehospital and Acute Phase of Care
• Endovascular/ICU-Postinterventional Therapy
• Posthyperacute and Prehospital Discharge