Discuss the following element regarding their symptom (just pick one from the list below):

1) Physiologic basis for the symptom

2) Subjective: what data the patient/family may give; questions the nurse would ask to elicit necessary information on THIS symptom (stay focused on YOUR symptom)

3) Objective: what would the nurse assess and what diagnostics are anticipated to evaluate this particular symptom

4) How does/will/could this symptom affect the patient’s functioning

5) a recent NURSING journal article that speaks to the role your symptom plays in stroke diagnosis & management

Symptom assignment:

change in speech

facial paralysis

difficulty swallowing

Headache

Weakness

Confusion

Dizziness