Abstract
No instruments are currently available to help health systems identify target areas for reducing door-to-needle times for the administration of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator to eligible patients with ischemic stroke. A 67-item Likert-scale survey was administered by telephone to stroke personnel at 252 U.S. hospitals participating in the "Get With The Guidelines-Stroke" quality improvement program. Factor analysis was used to refine the instrument to a four-factor 29-item instrument that can be used by hospitals to assess their readiness to administer intravenous tissue plasminogen activator within 60 minutes of patient hospital arrival.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 267-273 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Neuroscience Nursing |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1 2014 |
Keywords
- Acute stroke therapy
- Intervention
- Reperfusion
- TPA
- Therapy
- Treatment
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
- Clinical Neurology
- Medical–Surgical