Summary: Welcome to Episode 162 of the Nursing Show The Nursing Show is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network (http://promednetwork.com/). Subscribe to the Podcast MP3 Audio Version (http://mediccast.com/images/SubscribeItunes.png)iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nursing-show-online-radio/id271728764#) | (http://mediccast.com/images/SubscribeZune.png)Zune (zune://subscribe/?Nursing%20Show=http://www.nursingshow.com/feed/podcast/) | (http://mediccast.com/images/SubscribeRSS.png)Podcast (http://www.nursingshow.com/feed/podcast/) | (http://mediccast.com/images/SubscribeRSS.png)Blog (http://nursingshow.com/feed/) —- Subscribe to the Podcast Studio Video Version (http://mediccast.com/images/SubscribeItunes.png)iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=386460885#) | (http://mediccast.com/images/SubscribeZune.png)Zune (zune://subscribe/?Nursing%20Show=http://www.nursingshow.com/feed/studio_video/) | (http://mediccast.com/images/SubscribeRSS.png)Podcast (http://www.nursingshow.com/feed/studio_video/) | (http://mediccast.com/images/SubscribeRSS.png)Blog (http://nursingshow.com/feed/) ———————————– News---- C. diff. Infection Rates Increase in Hospitals (http://edition.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/01/06/child.hospital.ep/index.html) Nursing Blog Create Healthcare Community (http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/1/prweb8053333.htm) Nurse Dead in Psych Stabbing Incident (http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/05/Nurse-dead-in-psychiatric-ward-stabbing/UPI-45301294283503/) -------------------- Tip This Week- Recognizing Stroke and Early Treatment Considerations Stroke is occurs when part of the blood supply to the brain in interrupted as in ischemic stroke or blood vessels burst and blood pools into the spaces of the brain or hemorrhagic stroke. Signs and symptoms of stroke include sudden numbness or weakness, especially on one side of the body; sudden confusion or trouble speaking or understanding speech; sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes; sudden trouble with walking, dizziness, or loss of balance or coordination; or sudden severe headache with no known cause. Early management and diagnosis of a stroke is essential to a good prognosis. One must consider the presence of risk factors that could predispose an individual to a stroke event such as chronic hypertension, atrial fibrillation and diabetes. Acute stroke therapies try to stop a stroke while it is happening by quickly dissolving the blood clot causing an ischemic stroke or by stopping the bleeding of a hemorrhagic stroke. Medication or drug therapy used to prevent or treat stroke are antithrombotics (antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants) and thrombolytics. For more information on stroke and stroke management, nurses and nursing students can follow the links provided below. NIH Stroke Resources for Health Professionals (http://stroke.nih.gov/resources/) NINDS Stroke Information Page (http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/stroke.htm) --------- Sponsors Thanks to bandwidth sponsor AllNurses.com, the Largest online community for nurses (http://allnurses.com/?utm_source=nursingshow_com&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=nursingshow_video). Continue the discussions there! and NursingTopStudent.com (http://nursingtopstudent.com/) all of the tools student nurses need for less than $1 a day. Audio and video study aids plus a whole lot more! More than 200 files and counting! Join Us Now (http://nursingtopstudent.com/)! -------------------------- Don’t miss an episode! You can receive the Nursing Show Newsletter (http://www.nursingshow.com/blog) in your email inbox. NursingShow@gmail.com (mailto:nursingshow@gmail.com) Other Podcasts from Jamie Davis: * The MedicCast (http://mediccast.com/blog) (for EMTs, Paramedics, EMS field work) * MedicCast News (http://mediccastnews.com/) (Weekly short medical news program) * MedicCast Live (http://mediccastlive.com/) (Monthly live call-in show with a single EMS topic) ————————————
