Management of Agitation following Traumatic Brain Injury
Webinar/Online
Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 6:00pm ET - 9:00pm ET
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This event offers 1.0 contact hour to attendees.
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- Patients recovering from severe Traumatic Brain Injuries often become agitated.
- May last for days or weeks
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Patients with agitation have a greater likelihood of
- restraint and sitter use
- falls
- tube and line removal
- injury to healthcare staff
- longer length of stay
- poorer post-discharge functional outcomes
- This discussion will focus on the use of the Agitation Behavior Scale to assess patients and implement evidence-based guidelines for the management of these patients.
- Describe the prevalence of agitation among patients with acute traumatic brain injury and the potential adverse events that may result from the agitation.
- Incorporate the key components of an agitation management into a plan of care for patients following traumatic brain injury who demonstrate agitation.
Speakers
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Karen received her Bachelors of Nursing and Masters of Science in Trauma/Critical Care Nursing from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She has worked for the past 36 years as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Karen has lectured on neurological and trauma topics at numerous regional, national, and international conferences. She has also mentored other nurses as speakers and authors. Also well published on neurological and trauma topics, Karen has reviewed and edited many manuscripts and served as lead editor for the text “Trauma Nursing: From Resuscitation Through Rehabilitation” (3rd, 4th and 5th editions). She has served as an investigator on a number of studies exploring various aspects of trauma nursing care. Karen has worked in countries around the world including India and Brazil to foster improvements in trauma care. In addition, she is a Past President for the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.