'The Importance of Medications in Secondary Prevention Post Stroke' -Elizabeth O’Brien

This presentation was originally recorded at the Stroke Recovery Associations' Building Capacity Training Conference on Thursday 23rd May 2024.
Liz is the Stroke Nurse Practitioner at Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH), Sydney. She has an extensive Neuroscience Nursing background working in Neurosciences since 1998.
Liz is the first Stroke Nurse Practitioner in NSW - since 2011 - and currently works in the TIA and Stroke outpatient clinic at RNSH providing comprehensive assessment and management for TIA and Stroke patients. Liz has been active in changes to acute Stroke management in NSW and was responsible for the implementation of the Acute Stroke unit at RNSH in 1997. Since its inception in 2002, Liz has been involved with the Agency for Clinical Innovation, NSW Stroke Steering Committee and was the inaugural co-chair during the setting up of Stroke units in NSW at that time.
Liz is the current Treasurer of the Australian Stroke Nurses Education Network (ASNEN) and enjoys providing education for new upcoming Stroke nurses, lecturing for Sydney University in the Masters of Nursing - Nurse Practitioner course, providing national webinars in her role with ASNEN and lectures for local units and Stroke Management courses. Liz was invited to speak at the HTW University Saarbrucken, Germany, in May 2023 on the advances in Australian nurses’ academic growth and advanced practice roles to encourage similar models in German nurse training. Liz has published in peer reviewed journals on acute Stroke nursing and TIA management and has co-authored Acute Stroke chapters in Medical - Surgical text books.
Liz O'Brien will be presenting "The Importance of Medications in Secondary Prevention Post Stroke".
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