This module will cover the following disorders:
Ischemic Stroke
Delirium
Dementia
Alzheimer’s disease
Utilizing clinical reasoning and the nursing process, the student is expected to:
1. Describe the etiology, pathophysiology, risk factors, signs and symptoms, complications, medical management, and nursing care of the above disorders.
2. Recognize associated diagnostic tests, Glasgow Coma Scale, and determine associated nursing care for the above disorders.
3. Identify relevant prioritized nursing diagnoses and an associated nursing plan of care to address physical, psychosocial, and learning needs.
4. Identify patient and family centered goals and outcomes that facilitate health promotion, maintenance, and restoration.
5. Review how evidence-based practice is used to prioritize, implement, and evaluate nursing interventions to address the needs of diverse and vulnerable patients/families with social determinants of health that contribute to multiple body system problems.
Safe environment/Risk reduction
Medication therapy
Patient teaching; Discharge teaching; Referrals
Therapeutic communication
Delegation
Others
6. Identify ways to collaborate with the interdisciplinary health care team when providing patient-centered care including during local or global health events.
7. Describe legal and ethical considerations including service excellence and nursing peer review.
8. Identify complementary medicine options and quality improvement initiatives including civility and just culture.
1. Review module objectives.
2. Learning Resources:
Harding, M. M., Kwong, J., Hagler, D., and Reinisch, C. (2023). Lewis’s Medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems (12th edition). Elsevier Inc.
Chapter 60 Assessment of Nervous System, pp. 1461-1482
Chapter 61 Acute Intracranial Problems, p. 1492 Glascow Coma Scale
Chapter 62 Stroke
pp. 1515-1519 (Skip Hemorrhagic Stroke),
pp. 1520-1526 Clinical Manifestations of Stroke, Diagnostic Studies, Interprofessional Care (Skip Acute Care of Hemorrhagic Stroke)
pp. 1528-1537 Nursing Management: Stroke
Chapter 64 Dementia and Delirium, pp. 1573-1593
3. Complete Critical Thinking Exercises:
Neurological Disorders Student Learning Guide
4. Supplemental Learning:
See Bb
5. Review module objectives and check for knowledge gaps.
6. Go to the Evolve website and review the module content and practice questions.