Stroke Nursing Care and Manifestations

This assignment explores cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) also known as strokes, focusing on their clinical manifestations and implications for nursing practice. It defines CVA, outlines risk factors, and delves into common symptoms like paralysis, speech difficulties, vision problems, and headaches. The document emphasizes the significance of recognizing these clinical manifestations in providing patient-centered care, tailoring treatment plans, and monitoring patient progress.

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Cerebrovascular accident and nursing care
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Table of Contents
Review of Cerebro-vascular accident:.............................................................................................2
Clinical manifestation of CVA and its implication in nursing practice:.........................................2
References:......................................................................................................................................4

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Review of Cerebro-vascular accident:
Cerebro-vascular accidents (CVA) can be described in simple terms as stroke, a medical
emergency characterized by the sudden death of brain tissues or cells facilitated by oxygen
shortage due to the blockage or rupturing of an artery to the brain tissues. There are various risk
factors associated with the onset of a stroke, such as age, blockage condition in the heart, blood
cholesterol levels, smoking, drinking, high blood pressure and even diabetes. The
pathophysiology of a CVA is associated with underlying conditions of the heart, presence of any
blockage and the past medical history of the patients. However, the most important factor
associated with a cerebro- vascular accident that has the most implication for the practice scope
of a nurse is the clinical manifestation of the CVA event (Naderi et al., 2014).
Clinical manifestation of CVA and its implication in nursing practice:
The clinical manifestation of a cerebro- vascular accident depends entirely on the brain
tissue that has been affected by the CVA event. The most common of the clinical manifestations
is the paralysis in one side of the body, especially affecting the face, arms and legs. Other clinical
manifestations of the stroke include confusion, troubled speech, blurred or blackened vision,
sudden severe headache accompanied by nausea, and sudden dizziness. The registered nurse
practice is based fundamentally on providing safe and effective patient centered care to the
patient (Ware & Moore, 2017). The importance of clinical manifestation is paramount in case of
patient centered care and as the particular symptoms exhibited by the patients will decide the
path that the care plan will take. Along with that, the registered nurse practitioners must take into
account the minute changes in the clinical manifestations of a stroke patients to check the
efficiency of the care plan, whether the patient is improving or deteriorating. Hence, correct

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assessment and evaluation of clinical manifestations of the patient after a CVA event is crucial
adhering to the patient centered safe and effective care standard of nursing practice (Naderi et al.,
2014).

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References:
Naderi, N., Masoomi, H., Mozaffar, T., & Malik, S. (2014). Patient characteristics and
comorbidities associated with cerebrovascular accident following acute myocardial
infarction in the United States. International journal of cardiology, 175(2), 323-327.
Ware, R., & Moore, M. (2017). Validity of measures of neurological status used for predicting
functional independence in adults after a cerebrovascular accident: a systematic review
protocol. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 15(3), 603-
606.