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The Stroke Center page for Nursing is intended to be a one-stop shop for staff reference information, announcements, and other resources useful to the hospital community. Users can access the Stroke Clinical Practice Guidelines, policies and protocols, as well as educational tips and links to guide your practice.
For complete information about UConn's stroke team and the services available at UConn Health, visit the Stroke Center.
National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Recertification
The NIHSS is a focused neurological assessment for stroke patients that evaluates changes that are specific to stroke that might otherwise be missed without this stroke-specific neurological assessment. The NIHSS can help recognize improvement or worsening symptoms of stroke, or acute neurological changes. Required of all Stroke Unit nurses: Emergency Department, ICU, Intermediate Unit, Oncology 6, Hybrid OR/Thrombectomy staff (i.e., Cath Lab, Interventional Radiology, etc.) and all Float RN’s.
Directions for Recertification
- Complete modules and take test certificates in sequence (example, A for the first time, then B, C, D, etc.).
- Plan for 2-3 hours, should not take longer than 4 hours.
- Email your certificate to Human Resources, hr-operations@uchc.edu.
APEX- National Institution of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
BlueCloud- National Institution of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
For more information, contact Jennifer Sposito, jsposito@uchc.edu.
Staff Education
Nurses providing stroke care, as identified by the organization, are required to attend a minimum of 8 hours of education per year on cerebrovascular disease and stroke.
All staff must have the required education on file before December 30, 2023. Document all education on your Educational Summary – this gets turned in with your evaluation.
Below are a few future opportunities to complete the required stroke education:
- Free Webinars - *Submit certificate of completion to your manager.
- Nursing CE Articles:
- You may also submit a Nursing CE article related to Stroke.
- Ask a UConn librarian to assist with your search
- Turn in completed CE test to your manager
- You may also submit a Nursing CE article related to Stroke.
- Watch Neurocritical Care Mediasite Lecture (links above) - *Submit a signed attestation to your Unit Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Manager. Stroke Education Attestation.
- Free webinar for AACN members
- How to search for and enroll in UConn John Dempsey Hospital CE Courses