Nurses are a crucial part of treatment and recovery of neuroscience patients. The Neuro Nursing Symposium offers a broad curriculum focusing on state-of-the-art evidence-based practices for nursing and other healthcare professionals who treat and care for neuroscience patients. The program will address the treatment and nursing care of the neuroscience patient from the emergency department through rehabilitation. The expert faculty will educate the audience about nursing issues related to neurological complications, hypothermia, stroke, epilepsy, rehabilitation and pharmacologic management of neuroscience patients. The goal of the program is to share the most innovative and evidenced-based clinical practices that have been implemented and are available to optimize patient outcomes throughout all areas of neuroscience.
Who Should Attend
Adult and Pediatric Neurologists, Adult and Pediatric Medical Oncologists, Neurosurgeons, Neuro-Oncologists, Stroke Neurologists, Neuroradiologists, Diagnostic Radiologists, Radiation Oncologists, Critical Care Physicians, Neuro Critical Care Physicians, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Internal Medicine Physicians, Interventional Neuroradiologists, Family Physicians, General Internists, Neuropsychologists, Critical Care Nurses, Neuroscience Nurses, Neurosurgery Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physical Therapists, Respiratory Therapists, Dietitians, Radiology Technologists, Clinical Pharmacists, Rehabilitation and Pain Management Specialists, as well as other specialists interested in the field of neuro-oncology and neuroscience.
Cranial Nerves: Stick Your Tongue Out!
Upon completion of this presentation, participants should be better able to:
● Perform an organized cranial nerve exam.
Complex and Hard to Diagnose Strokes
Upon completion of this presentation, participants should be better able to:
● Identify the signs and symptoms of a posterior circulation stroke.
● Apply the best work-up for hard-to-diagnose strokes.
● Implement appropriate treatments for posterior circulation strokes.
Feeling the Pressure... (As in Intracranial Pressure)
Upon completion of this presentation, participants should be better able to:
• Describe the components of intracranial hemodynamics.
• Identify signs and symptoms of increased intracranial pressure.
• Apply appropriate treatment algorithm for increased intracranial pressure.
Cryptogenic Stroke Clinical Pathways
Upon completion of this presentation, participants should be better able to:
• Define cryptogenic stroke.
• Apply the current diagnostic testing to identify cryptogenic stroke.
• Implement appropriate interventions for cryptogenic stroke.
Introduction to Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring
Upon completion of this presentation, participants should be better able to:
● Apply the basic principles of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring.
Acute Delirium in the Neurologically Injured Patient
Upon completion of this presentation, participants should be better able to:
• Assess patients for acute delirium
• Identify common etiologies of delirium in neurologically injured patients
• Implement early nursing interventions to help reduce the risk of delirium in neurologically injured patients
Movement Disorders
Upon completion of this presentation, participants should be better able to:
● Identify and define the hallmark findings of Parkinson's Disease.
● Recognize the appropriate algorithm and treatment strategies for patients with movement disorders.
● Identify patients who are medically refractory and good candidates for advanced therapies.
Endovascular Update: Where Have We Come From and What Lies Ahead?
Upon completion of this presentation, participants should be better able to:
• List at least three important turning points in stroke systems of care development.
• Explain the evolution of thrombectomy therapy.
• Name at least three important research trials that have changed the landscape of thrombectomy treatment.
Clinical Evaluation of the Acute Stroke Patient: The NIHSS and Beyond
Upon completion of this presentation, participants should be better able to:
● Evaluate patients with an acute ischemic stroke.
● Utilize the NIH stroke scale.
● Determine eligibility for IV tPA or endovascular treatment beyond an NIHSS cut off.
● Identify warning signs of acute complications following an acute ischemic stroke.
Aneurysm Repair: Ruptured, Unruptured and Reversal Options
Upon completion of this presentation, participants should be better able to:
• List common antiplatelet therapy for endovascular aneurysm repair.
• Describe considerations for the elective aneurysm repair patient prior to starting antiplatelet therapy.
• Describe special considerations when using antiplatelet therapy for ruptured aneurysm.
• Explain interventions and reversal options.
Stroke is Treatable: Update on Endovascular Therapy of Intracranial Aneurysms and Acute Ischemic Stroke
Upon completion of this presentation, participants should be better able to:
● Recognize how gradual adoption of perfusion-based imaging modalities has begun to refine patient selection and improve treatment of large-vessel occlusions.
Interventions to Improve Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment Times
Upon completion of this presentation, participants should be better able to:
● Implement interventions to improve outcomes for acute ischemic stroke patients.
● Identify opportunities in stroke treatment workflow to optimize treatment times and outcomes.