ABCs of ICH/aSAH: Guidelines in Managing Hemorrhagic Stroke

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

2022 marks newly updated guidance from the Neurocritical Care Society and the American Heart/Stroke Association on managing hemorrhagic stroke/intracerebral hemorrhage and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Deciphering the guidelines allows clinical nurses to apply the recommended interventions to clinical practice to improve outcomes. This presentation focuses on hemorrhagic stroke and the intricacies of managing two very different pathologies.

Objectives

Identify the EBP recommendations from the NCS and AHA/ASA CG on ICH and aSAH.
Translate the guidelines on ICH/aSAH to ICU clinical practice related to assessment and management of patients with stroke.
Apply recommendations on managing ICH/aSAH to actual case studies of stroke patients.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

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Activities with pharmacotherapeutic credit are to assist the APRN in fulfilling their education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

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Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.