Education - Staff Requirements for Comprehensive Stroke Certification
What are the staff education requirements for Comprehensive Stroke Program Certification?
- Core stroke team members, as defined by the organization, are required to have 8 hours of stroke education annually.
- ED nurses, as identified by the organization, are required to have 2 hours of education on cerebro-vascular disease annually.
- Non-nursing ED staff, for example, Physician Assistants, EKG/Respiratory Care Technicians, Imaging/Laboratory staff, etc., as identified by the organization, are required to have 2 hours of education on cerebrovascular disease annually.
- Nurses (other than ED) caring for comprehensive stroke patients as identified by the organization, are required to have 8 hrs. of stroke education annually. Examples may include, but not limited to: nurses providing stroke care in the stroke unit, ICU that contains the dedicated neuro-intensive care beds for complex stroke patients, endovascular catheterization laboratory, patient care units, a rehabilitation unit, etc.
Applicable Standards
• Delivering or Facilitating Clinical Care: DSDF.1 EP 7
Last updated on January 16, 2019
Manual:
Advanced DSC - Comprehensive Stroke
Chapter:
Delivering or Facilitating Clinical Care DSDF