{ "name": "Annual Stroke Symposium: Raising the Standard: Excellence in Collaborative Post-Stroke Care", "description": "Join us for an engaging and educational symposium designed for nursing and \nother health professionals dedicated to post-stroke patient care. This event \nfeatures sessions on a variety of critical topics, including the challenges \nof stroke mimics in EMS, quality improvement through documentation, acute and \nstep-down care complexities, rehabilitation scoring, and hospice and \npalliative care options. Equip yourself with insights and practical \nstrategies to elevate the quality of care you provide.\n\n.... Register Here [1]\n\n*Learning Outcome*\n\nParticipants will deepen their understanding of post-stroke patient care, \nenhancing clinical competencies through the exploration of pre-hospital, \nacute, and rehabilitative challenges, effective documentation practices, \ninterdisciplinary care strategies, and end-of-life considerations.\n\n*Target Audience:*\n\nThe symposium is tailored for nursing professionals involved in the care of \npatients following a stroke, including:\n\n * Registered Nurses working in emergency, critical care, step-down, or\n rehabilitation settings.\n * Advanced Practice Nurses such as Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse\n Specialists who play leadership roles in stroke care.\n * Nursing Leaders and Managers focused on quality improvement and care\n coordination\n * Educators and Case Managers responsible for training and guiding stroke\n care practices\n * Interdisciplinary Team Members interested in enhancing collaborative care,\n including those involved in EMS or post-acute transitions\n\n\/Earns: 6 Nursing Contact Hours\/\n\n*Planned Sessions*\n\n * EMS Mimics and Other Challenges\n * Stroke in the Fast Lane: Challenges and Opportunites in the Emergency\n Department\n * Documentation in the Critical Care Setting to Improve Quality Measures\n * Step Down Challenges\n * Scoring and Levels of Rehab\n * Back to Basics- Assessment through all acuity levels\n \u00a0\n\n*Distinguished Faculty*\n\n * Craig Clough, RP, EMS Coordinator, Concord Hospital Health System\n * Timothy Lukovits, MD, Medical Director, Stroke Program, DHMC\n * Karen Harris, MSN, RN, CPHQ, CPPS, Associate Vice President of Quality and\n Resource Management, HCA Capital Division, Washington D.C.\n * Carrie MacLeod, PhD, Executive Director, Undergraduate Nursing, Saint\n Anselm College, Manchester, NH\n * Kristen Scanlon, MSN, AGNP-BC, Palliative Care Nurse Practioner, Lowell\n General Hospital, Lowell, MA\n * Tricia Desrocher, PT, MS, CSRS, Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network\n * Carley Westenfield, RN, MSN, CCRN, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center,\n Lebanon, NH\n * Ellen McGraw, RN, BSN, SCRN, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon,\n NH\n\n\n[1] https:\/\/anselm.eventsair.com\/CEPortal\/cne-database\/cne\/Calendar\n", "startDate": "2025-05-02", "startTime": "08:00", "endDate": "2025-05-02", "endTime": "16:00", "label": "Add to Calendar", "options": [ "Apple", "Google", "iCal", "Microsoft365", "MicrosoftTeams", "Outlook.com", "Yahoo" ], "timeZone": "America\/New_York", "trigger": "click", "listStyle": "modal", "iCalFileName": "anselm-event-22901", "location": "Jean Student Center Event Space" }