Community Teaching Plan Presentation For Stroke

To educate my audience on the causes, symptoms, and preventive measures of strokes in young adults.

The health issue that this artifact discusses is the significance of knowing and recognizing the warning signs of a stroke. The American Heart Association has made it their mission to provide unlimited health information and research in the hopes of eliminating cardiovascular diseases as well as helping society in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. “Stroke is the number 5 cause of death and a leading cause of

The objective of the present study was to assess the extent of stroke knowledge, specifically regarding the risk factors and warning signs of stroke. Thus, it is important to be well understood about stroke, the risk factors and the warning signs. Furthermore, this review will discuss in details about the two risk factors, stress and obesity that are significant among the studied population. This is followed by the review on the state of stroke knowledge and its importance from the previous studies among varied populations.

Led by our chairs Samantha Sangabi and Julia Roh, our Power to End Stroke initiative has worked to break the barrier that lies between the community and the signs of stroke. With the help of the B.E.F.A.S.T method we have been able to reach out to the community and provide patients with the tools to detect and take preventative measures against stroke.

Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Each year more than 795,000 Americans suffer from a stroke, which means that every forty seconds someone has stroke (Liebman, 2012). Although a stroke can occur at any age, strokes are frequently seen in the older adult demographics. An increase with age doubles the risk for a stroke each decade after 55 (Grysiewicz, 2008). The percentage of stroke survivors to almost fully recover from a stroke is only 10 percent; in contrast, 40 percent of stroke survivors will face moderate to severe impairment which will entail distinctive care (Perlmutter and Colman, 2005). When all strokes are analyzed according to demography of class system, approximately 60% of strokes occur in low or middle income countries (Silverman and Rymer, 2009).

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is stated that “every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a stroke” (“Stroke,” 2018). Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States, which include coronary heart disease, stroke, and other related conditions. There are various modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors associated with heart disease, such as age, family history, diet, physical inactivity, high blood pressure, and more (“2016 Community Health Assessment,” 2017). About 795,000 people suffer from stroke each year and it is more common among the elderly, ages 65 years and older, in the United States (“Stroke,” 2018). The consequences of stroke can be detrimental,

The content of the provided material matches the task to be learned by the viewers and helps them to accomplish the assigned objectives. The age of the population presented in this video is the same as the participants of the Health Promotion Plan. It helps to relate better to the presented topic. “When teaching members of the age group (41-64 years of age), the health professional must be aware of their potential sources of stress, the health risk factors associated with stage of life, and the concerns typical of midlife”. (Bastable, Gramet, Jacobs, & Sopczyk, 2011, p.179). All these considered, the content of this video fully address a major areas of concern for the participant of the stroke promotion project.

Stroke is the third leading cause of death, and the leading cause of adult neurologic disability in Canada. After the age of 55, the risk of stroke is doubled every 10 years (Brunner & Day, 2010). Despite advances in stroke management post stroke complications occur. Nurses must focus on developing successful strategies to promote home and community based care for victims of completed stroke in order for them to resume their daily life as safely and independently as possible. Strategies must target prevention of future strokes, since a stroke survivor has a 20% chance of having another stroke within 2 years, and care management after the cerebrovascular accident. Effective strategies must be aimed at restoring patient’s independence by improving physical, mental and emotional functions. Three nursing strategies to promote this include: continuous patient education, patient and/or family goal setting, as well as providing psychosocial support to the patient’s family or primary caregiver(s). This paper will analyze why these three proposed strategies are crucial to promote home and community based care, as well as ways these strategies can be implemented in such settings in order to improve the outcome for post-stroke patients.

Among the various contributors to ischemic stroke are high risk environmental factors of physical and social determinants. In the Journal of Cerebral Circulation, stroke environmental factors are broken down into six domains: assistive technology, built and natural environment, social environment, services, systems, and policies, access to information and technology, and economic quality of life. To reiterate the grand effect of health determinants, 90% of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes are attributed to personal risk factors. Among these, natural environment and economic quality of life are the top physical and social environmental contributors.

In my current position as a registered nurse, I have identified improving patient compliance and stroke rehabilitation as an important phenomenon of interest. While researching cerebrovascular accident (CVA) articles, I have a strong desire to enter the field of neuroscience because I feel that there is a great need for reform in stroke awareness and treatment care in the cerebrovascular patients across the nation. In today’s society, Advanced Practice Nurses (APN) are not viewed as a rare commodity but as a representative to physicians across the nation, assisting in many health care needs. APNs are thoroughly accepted by both health care organizations and consumers and serve a vital role in the population overall well-being. Additionally, APNs will become essential as more individuals gain access to broader services through health care reform efforts, and they will serve as attributing members of a flourishing healthcare system. As I transition into my role as an APN, I plan to focus my efforts on managing and coordinating care for the clinically complex neurological and neurosurgical population. This paper will highlight the importance of following stroke guidelines presented by Joint Commission to help increase the health of the population through improved patient compliance and stroke rehabilitation.

Nowadays, health facilities have attempting diverse educations to patients and all staffs, and stroke scales, and detailed electronic health recording system. Those activities are leading to reduce delayed suspected stroke cases.

Starting a stroke awareness campaign has been my most significant achievement, because of its meaningful impact on the health of my community. While working as a scribe in the Good Samaritan Emergency Room, I met a patient who went to sleep unknowing that she was having a stroke. If she were able to recognize the symptoms earlier, her prognosis would have been much better. I felt great empathy towards her, as if she had been horribly cheated—she was in a race to save her life but didn’t hear the starting claxon go off. I refused to be idle knowing such a drastic public health issue remained unresolved, so I scoured the internet for educational resources and took to the streets of Gilroy to spread awareness the very next day. My initiative is

Stroke is seen as a major health concern and this is due to the fact that every year, as many as 110,000 individuals suffers from strokes making it a key issue. (NHS 2014)

We recommend that All stroke units should have protocols for screening for delirium, managing patients with established delirium and for preventing delirium in high risk patients particularly elderly patients. This may improve the prognosis .

Ischemic stroke prevalence is restricted by both incidence and circumstance fatality the higher the incidence, the greater the prevalence and, conversely, the lower the prevalence. Little information on stroke prevalence is available because leading prevalence studies is difficult from a methodological point of view. The age standardized prevalence for people old 65 years has been estimated to range since 36 to 73/1000 person per years in the insufficient published population created studies available. In 2010, universal estimations showed 33 million prevalent cases of stroke, corresponding to a global prevalence rate of 5/1000 person per years (0.36/1000 person-years in those aged greater than 75 years, and 48.4/1000 person per years in those