Pre-conference

Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006

9:00 - 9:10 a.m. Welcome
  Opening Remarks
  Anne D. Leonard, San Antonio, Texas                                                    
9:10-10:20 a.m. Ischemic Stroke Management Part I
  Moderator Deidre Wentworth, Sacramento, California
  Acute Ischemic Stroke Case Studies
  Diane S. Aubrey, St. Petersburg, Florida
 

Clinical Diagnosis in Ischemic Stroke:  Diagnostic Imaging and Severity and Assessment Scales

  Jeffrey Saver, Los Angeles, California
  Clinical Management for Ischemic Stroke
  Paul Vespa, Los Angeles, California
10:20-10:40 a.m. Break
   
10:40-11:45 a.m. Ischemic Stroke Management Part II
 

Nursing Management of Acute Clinical Issues in Ischemic Stroke

  Wende Fedder, Elk Grove Village, Illinois
 

Discussion

NS1 Neuroscience Nurses as Primary Stroke Responders     
Dorothy P. Stagno, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia; Larisa Golding, Inova Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia; Mary E. Palm, Inova Health System, Falls Church, Virginia; Barbara Mancini, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia
NS2 Successful Delivery Of Thrombolytic Therapy Using A Nurse Initiated And Coordinated “Code Stroke” System
Janet E Bray, Eastern Melbourne Neurosciences, Box Hill Hospital, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia; Kelly Coughlan, Eastern Melbourne Neurosciences, Box Hill Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Christopher Bladin, Eastern Melbourne Neurosciences, Box Hill Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia 
 
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Lunch
  (provided to registered attendees)
   
12:45-3 p.m. Hemorrhagic Stroke Management
 Moderator Deborah R. Summers, Kansas City, Missouri
  Case Study Presentation:  Management of Hemorrhagic Stroke
  Jennifer Cohn, Phoenix, Arizona
  Hemorrhagic Stroke Clinical Diagnosis
  Andrei V. Alexandrov, Phoenix, Arizona
  Management of Hemorrhagic Stroke
  Marc Malkoff, Phoenix, Arizona  
  Hemorrhagic Stroke
  Anne W. Wojner-Alexandrov, Phoenix, Arizona
  Discussion 
NS3 Advances in Endovascular Aneurysm Treatment 
Kim Salvaggio, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell, New York City, New York
NS4 Establishing Evidence-Based Care for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients 
Christina Stewart-Amidei, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ilinois
   
3-3:15 p.m. Break
   
3:15-4:15 p.m. Rehabilitation 
 Moderator Linda L. Pierce, Toledo, Ohio
  Transitioning to Rehabilitation
  Andrew Butler, Atlanta, Georgia
  Transition to Palliative Care:  Implications for the Stroke Patient
  Tracy Szirony, Toledo, Ohio
   
4:15-5:15 p.m. Best Practices/Stroke Program Development
Moderator Barbara Mancini, Falls Church, Virginia
 NS5 The Role of an Acute Stroke Nurse Practitioner: Practice Outcomes 
Mona N Bahouth, Marian P Lamonte, University Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
NS6 Implementing Stroke Best Practice Across the Continuum of Care Through the Ontario Stroke Strategy: Developing a Cycle of Continuous Improvement 
Sue Saulnier, Cally Martin, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, ON, Canada 
NS7 Extending Acute Stroke Trials to the Aerial Inter-hospital Transfer Setting: Preliminary Feasibility Study 
Enrique C Leira, Andrew S Nugent, Diane L Lamb, Karla J Grimsman, William R Clarke, Harold P Adams Jr, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
NS8 What You Don't Know About Stroke Signs and Symptoms Could Hurt You and Those You Care For 
Rosie Miller, Jane Khoury, Dawn Kleindorfer, Theo Nodler, University Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
  Closing Comments
  Elaine T. Miller, Cincinnati, Ohio

Sponsored by the American Heart Association's Stroke Nursing Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and cosponsored by the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association.


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