338 Critical Aspects of Neuroscience Nursing Filissa Caserta

Filissa Caserta is an acute care nurse practitioner. She has 32 years of experience and she specializes in neurocritical care and endovascular neurosurgery. She is on the staff of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, and she's lectured extensively, both nationally and internationally.

In addition to her clinical role, Filissa runs a nurse success consulting practice and she'll give you some information about that and how to stay in touch with her at the end of the program.

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Listen in as Pat Iyer and Filissa Caserta chat about these points

• The most common errors nurses make with a neurologic assessment?
• What are the minimum data elements of a neuro assessment for any patient?
• Determining the minimum data element of a neuro assessment for a patient with known neurologic pathology?
• Why is establishing a baseline neuro exam and also early recognition of changes from baseline so important?
• What nursing or medical modalities can be instituted to help prevent herniation when there are increases ICP?

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Filissa has 32 years of experience and she specializes in neurocritical care and endovascular neurosurgery. She is on the staff of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, and she's lectured extensively, both nationally and internationally.

And in addition to her clinical role, Filissa runs a nurse success consulting practice.

Connect with Filissa Caserta at fcasert1@jhmi.edu

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