Grand Rounds: Management of Acute Stroke in the Pediatric Population - 2025 (For Nurses Only)

Join our Grand Rounds webinar on pediatric ischemic stroke. Explore how strokes in children differ from adults, the common causes, and safety considerations for thrombolytics. Learn about mechanical thrombectomy guidelines and their limitations in children. Enhance your skills in identifying, treating, and managing pediatric stroke cases. Register now!

Target Audience

  • Advanced Practice Nurses
  • Registered Nurses
  • Licensed Practical Nurses

Learning Objectives

Learners will be able to:

  • Identify the differences in presentation between pediatric and adult ischemic stroke 
  • Recognize the most common causes for pediatric ischemic stroke, especially etiologies that differ from adult causes
  • Describe safety considerations for IV thrombolytics in children and lack of data surrounding use of Tenecteplase in children 
  • Summarize mechanical thrombectomy guidelines and limitations in children 
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours
    This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Emergency Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Course opens: 
03/01/2025
Course expires: 
03/01/2026
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Speaker(s)

Megan Barry, D.O.

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Moderator(s)

Charlene Gunasekera, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Peer Reviewer(s)

Charlene Gunasekera, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Planner(s)

Caitlyn Boyd, MHA, MSN, RN, CPHQ, CPAHA-TeleStroke

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Debra Chionis, MS, ACE-MES, ACSM-CEP

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Muhammad Saeed, Bcom

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours
    This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Emergency Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
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