JOPHON NCPD (2025 Mar/Apr) Development and Process Evaluation of Sickle Stroke Screen: A Patient Educational Initiative to Improve Transcranial Doppler Screening in Sickle Cell Anemia

JOPHON Courses offer continuing education created from JOPHON, APHON’s acclaimed journal. These courses feature original, peer-reviewed research aimed at enhancing clinical nursing care for children and adolescents with cancer and blood disorders, and their families.

Title: Mar/April 2025Development and Process Evaluation of Sickle Stroke Screen: A Patient Educational Initiative to Improve Transcranial Doppler Screening in Sickle Cell Anemia.  

Author(s): Alyssa M. Schlenz, PhD, Shannon M. Phillips, PhD, RN, Jeanine Dumas, RN, MSN, and Julie Kanter, MD

Course Overview: This course aims to address the barriers to implementing education for stroke risk screening in children with sickle cell anemia. It evaluates the effectiveness of rebranding patient educational materials to improve caregiver knowledge of stroke risk screening and compares the impact of caregiver and provider feedback on the successful implementation of new patient education initiatives

Learning Outcomes:

  • Analyze the barriers to implementing education for stroke risk screening in children with sickle cell anemia 
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of rebranding patient educational materials to improve caregiver knowledge of stroke risk screening 
  • Compare the impact of caregiver and provider feedback on the successful implementation of new patient education initiatives 

APHON will provide 1 nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) contact hour(s) for the successful completion of this course. Successful completion of:

  • JOPHON Article Review
  • Post-Test
  • Evaluation

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Course Includes

  • 3 Lessons
  • 1 Quiz
  • Course Certificate