Rehabilitation Nursing for CVA and Stroke

Course overview

This course gives students an overview of stroke (also known as cerebrovascular accident) and the nurse's role in caring for patients and families. The epidemiology and etiology of stroke will be discussed. Participants will learn to identify the location of stroke and associated specific common deficits that result from stroke. Emergent care and rehabilitation nursing strategies to optimize function following stroke will be described. This course enables the rehabilitation nurse to apply the nursing process to optimize the patient's function following stroke.