INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING HOME STUDY COURSE
- Read the entire course.
- Remove the quiz and answer sheet from the booklet.
- Answer all questions in the post-test. Record your answers on the answer sheet. (an overall score of 70% is required for 3 contact hours)
- Complete the course evaluation.
- You may mail your completed answer sheet to Nursing Unlimited or you may bring it to our office in North Miami Beach.
Cerebral Vascular Accidents: Age-Related Changes
Purpose:
Given information on cerebral vascular accidents and appropriate geriatric nursing assistant responses, HHA and CNA will be able to provide geriatric nursing assistant responses to clients who have had a cerebral vascular accident.
Objectives:
- Define cerebral vascular accident and identify its medical abbreviation.
- Define contributing causes: thrombus, embolus. arteriosclerosis, and hypertension.
- Describe five physical changes to be expected in a person with a cerebral vascular accident.
- Describe three emotional changes to be expected in a person with a cerebral vascular accident.
- Identify geriatric nursing assistant responses for clients with cerebral vascular accidents.
- Provide nursing assistant responses to clients who experience cerebral vascular accidents.
METHOD OF PRESENTATION: Home Study.
METHOD OF EVALUATION: Examination: Pass = 70%
ACCREDITATION: Nursing Unlimited, Inc. is an approved provider of continuing education by the Florida Board of Nursing. Our provider number is 271-0011. Accreditation by reciprocity for states other than Florida.
