Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation Activities for Stroke Patients

Nurse caring for stroke patients involves multitasking as the condition itself is quite complex and challenging. In this light, many nurses, ranging from staff nurses to more advanced clinicians such as Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) are directly involved in improving patient outcomes. NPs and CNSs are clinicians who have undertaken expert relevant educational programmes to postgraduate level. Thus, the role of these experts within the greater healthcare team is to improve standards of patient care within a higher level of accountability and professional autonomy. They also may devise and implement a personalised plan of care after an initial assessment [1].