Why is ENLS Important for NURSES ?
What Other Nurses are Saying About ENLS
Why is ENLS Important for All Providers in the Emergency Setting ?
Why is ENLS Important for NURSES ?
Managing patients with emergent neurologic conditions are challenging for the emergency and in-patient healthcare team . Nurses are at the forefront of providing care to these patients . In the emergency / critical care areas , patients with life-threatening neurologic diseases / injuries require rapid assessment and interventions to secure the airway / breathing / circulation as well as manage the intracranial chaos .
Nurses working in stroke units or medical-surgical care units may be confronted with a sudden change in the neuro patient requiring quick actions to stabilize the patient and prepare for definitive management by the Neurologist or Neurosurgeon . Emergency Neurological Life Support ( ENLS ) is an educational program that provides nurses with advanced knowledge and skills to manage the first hours of critical neurologic events .
The ENLS course is as vital to patient care as the American Heart Association ’ s Advanced Cardiac Life Support . ENLS provides nurses and the healthcare team with the tools to respond to potentially life-threatening situations related to the nervous system . Utilizing this course for your nursing staff will increase their confidence in managing these complex patients by giving them a strong foundation of knowledge and skills with ENLS certification .
Mary Kay Bader , RN , CNS , MSN , CCNS , CCRN , CNRN , FNCS
What Other Nurses are Saying About ENLS
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The first few hours of a neurological emergency are the most critical for essential patient outcomes . The ENLS course is beneficial for the Neurocritical
care nurse to advance his or her knowledge and improve patient care .
These protocols help the nurse to standardize the important assessments and interventions to provide patients the best outcomes from their neurological injury . Neurocritical care nurses
certified in ENLS can provide these patients the best possible care in the first few hours of a neurological emergency .
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Cynthia Bautista , PhD , RN , CNRN , SCRN , CCNS , ACNS-BC , FNCS
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