Nursing Audit on Stroke

Anita Paul Samanta, Debjani Banerjee

Abstract: An investigation was conducted with the objectives to assess the current practice of stroke patients as well as to prepare a planned teaching programme on needed areas of stroke management at Medical and Neurological ward of R. G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata-4. Data were collected from 60 respondents attending male medical ward, female medical ward and neurological ward during the period of 03.02.2017 - 30.03.2017selected by non-probability purposive sampling technique using record analysis and interviewing method as data collection tool used in this work was established by the expert of Royal College of Physicians. The audit revealed that majority (70.3 %) of the respondents were within 60-80 years of age and (29.7 %) of them were between 40-60 years of age. Among them (56 %) were female, majority (80 %) were Hindu and (20 %) were Muslim. Cent percentage of the patient (100 %) were screened by using FAST, (40 %) were suspected TIA, majority (60 %) of them had crescendo TIA. Nearly (70 %) had been started with Aspirin within one hour (immediately), measure for secondary prevention had been introduced among cent percentage of the patient (100 %). The audit also revealed that known hypertensive case of (50 %) known diabetes (26.6 %), known CHD cases 13.4 % and smoke 10 %. Majority (80 %) of total sample were recovered after treatment and death occurred in 20 % of the patients and there is no statistically significant relationship in between age of the stroke patient and TIA.

Keywords: Nursing Audit, Stroke, TIA