title: Primary Stroke Center education for nurses: improving core measures.
abstract: Primary Stroke Center designation by the Joint Commission distinguishes those healthcare organizations with exemplary stroke prevention and management. However, meeting the Joint Commission's high-level excellence standards is challenging. This article provides nurse leaders with a stroke education template, based on Donabedian's quality model, which meets Primary Stroke Center nurse education requirements. The authors describe the structure, process, and outcomes of a stroke education program for nurses, recognized as Best-in-Practice in Connecticut, successfully implemented in a community hospital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut 06518, USA. cynthia.barrere@quinnipiac.edu
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barrere
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delaney
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hickey
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards*; D003237:Connecticut; D019091:Critical Pathways; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D014481:United States