Blood pressure
The term for allowing blood pressure to remain up to 220/120
What is Permissive Hypertension?
Balance changes and lower extremity weakness
What is can cause a fall?
What is Dysphagia?
To be done on arrival to the unit, every shift for 72 hours and at DC
What is the NIHSS?
The systolic range for patients post hemorrhagic stroke
What is 130-150 mmHg?
Can result from dysphagia
What is aspiration pneumonia?
The inability to speak or understand speech
What is Aphasia?
Risk factors, medications, calling 911, symptoms of stroke
What is required stroke education?
This type of stroke requires a steady lowering of blood pressure over a few hours
What is a Hemorrhagic stroke?
Suspected to be from loss of mobility, role reversal, and loss of support system due to stroke
What is Depression?
The patient must be ________, ________, and _______ prior to receiving water during the nursing swallow screen
What is awake, alert and following commands?
Not aspirin or plavix, but may be heparin
What is VTE prophylaxis?
The blood pressure range required to treat patients with TNK
What is <180/105
Proper positioning of affected side
What is Prevents Pressure Injury?
Coughing, choking and drooling
What are signs of aspiration (or failed swallow screen)?
Must be adminstered by end of day 2 for an ischemic stroke patient
What is antiplatelet (aspirin and/or plavix) or anticoagulant?
Antihypertensive that can increase complications of TNK
What are ACE-I (prils)?
Urinary retention, decrease mobility, not doing potty rounds
What is increase risk of infection (UTI, skin breakdown)?
Mechanical difficulty pronouncing words
What is dysarthria?
Drug that must be given within 30 minutes of dose every 4 hours
What is Nimotop?: