Favourite Sites
Here are some resources. Some are popular professional education resources listed in the Stroke Strategy's Professional Education Atlas. Others are sites that we use all the time ourselves. More information can be found at the Heart and Stroke Professional Education Website Heartandstroke.ca/profed or can be ordered as outlined.
Ontario Stroke Nursing Network (OSNN) http://209.5.25.171/
This new Ontario Stroke Nursing Network (OSNN) is a stroke care resource website for nurses. It has 2 main components:
1. Resource listings on 20 stroke care topics
2. A bulletin board for the open sharing of information
Rehabilitation Education Program for Stroke http://bul.med.utoronto.ca/reps/
A web-based stroke rehabilitation education program designed in partnership with the University of Toronto for registered nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech-language pathologists.
RNAO Best Practice Guidelines: Stroke Assessment Across the Continuum of Care http://www.rnao.org
RNAO Best Practice Guidelines: Nursing Management of Hypertension (under development) http://www.rnao.org
Improving Recognition and Management of Dysphagia in Acute Stroke (2002) http://209.5.25.171/
This booklet includes a vision for managing dysphagia in Ontario, guidelines based on best practice and information on establishing procedures and policies. A 2-page overview highlights the 9 dysphagia guidelines.
