New neuro nurse

Our step-down area is connected to the neuro ICU so they get the majority of our transfers. Post-op craniotomies, aneurysm coilings, intracranial hemorrhages, spinal injuries, strokes... As for what will be admitted directly to you, I would expect strokes that are unable to have intervention, TIAs, the famous 'weakness' diagnosis, altered mental status, headaches, wound infections, and maybe some same-day spinal surgeries.

At my hosptial the neuro floor gets lots of:
strokes, paralysis, cervical pts (getting a cervical corpectomy done), guillain barre syndrome, head injuries (not severe enough for ICU) those recovering out of ICU