An emergency department nurse is admitting a client with ischemic stroke who is eligible for thrombolytic therapy
The nurse works quickly to provide care, knowing that for this therapy to be effective, it must be administered in a post-stroke time window of a. 30 minutes.
b. 3 hours.
c. 6 hours.
d. 12 hours.
B
Thrombolytic therapy must be administered as soon as possible after the onset of the stroke; a treatment window of 3 hours from the onset of manifestations has been established.
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