Recovery from Stroke

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This paper acts as an outline for a future research paper for a nursing student on the various treatment options and methods for patients who have suffered from a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), or stroke. This outline maps out what might be included on the final paper, including relevance to nursing, research methods and the conclusions that might be deduced from this research.

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"Factors that Influence Recovery from Brain Damage Related to Stroke Outline What factors influence recovery from brain damage related to stroke? I. Background a. Prevalence in U.S. i. Controllable factors leading to stroke: poor nutrition, tobacco use, high stress, lack of exercise or sedentary habits. ii. 700,000 people have a stroke each year; 500,000 first-time strokes and 200,000 recurrent victims (Meadows, 2005). iii. Result of aging population, as well as growing number of African Americans and Hispanics, who are more susceptible (Adler, 2004). Two main types of stroke i. Ischemic occurs when a blood clot blocks a blood vessel or artery in the brain (Meadows, 2005). ii. Hemorrhagic occurs when a blood vessel ruptures and causes bleeding in the brain (Meadows, 2005)."

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