Post-stroke consultation service: a nurse-managed model for care delivery

Top Stroke Rehabil. 2007 Mar-Apr;14(2):43-8. doi: 10.1310/tsr1402-43.

Abstract

In 1989, a multidisciplinary consultation service devoted to providing primary care and rehabilitative care services to stroke survivors in the home was developed and tested at the University of Pennsylvania. This nurse-managed service, Post-Stroke Consultation Service, used the expertise of a nurse practitioner, geriatrician, physiatrist, physical therapists, home health care nurses, specialty care providers, families, and stroke survivors to develop and implement a plan of care that optimized health and function and would be sustainable over time. The service and its impact are described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Community Health Nursing / organization & administration*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Models, Organizational
  • Nurse Practitioners / organization & administration*
  • Patient Care Team / organization & administration
  • Program Evaluation
  • Referral and Consultation / organization & administration*
  • Rehabilitation Nursing / organization & administration*
  • Stroke / nursing*
  • Stroke Rehabilitation*