Certified Stroke Center Designation
Certified Stroke Center Designation is organized by Nurse.com - OnCourse Learning Corporation.
Course Originally Released on: 01/07/2022
Date of Most Recent Review: 1/7/2022
Course Termination/ Update Date: 01/31/2025
Description:
In 2003, The Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Hospital Organizations launched a certification program for primary stroke centers (PSCs) using the Brain Attack Coalition and the American Stroke Association recommendations. The new stroke certification program prompted hospitals across the nation to develop protocols, guidelines, and plans of care to treat stroke as a medical emergency. The coalition has also published recommendations for advanced certification of comprehensive stroke centers (CSCs), which offer neurointerventional services. While a PSC can handle most acute stroke patients, a CSC can handle all stroke patients, including the most complicated cases.
Goal and Learning Outcomes:
The goal of this course is to familiarize nurses, EMS professionals, and physicians/providers with certification standards and compliance requirements of certified stroke centers.
After taking this course, you should be able to:
• Identify the different evaluation and interventional capabilities of each type of certified stroke center and the core measures that are required for certification.
• Recall the time frame requirements for at least three different diagnostic or treatment interventions for stroke.
