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International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices Volume 7 (2020), Article ID 7:IJNCP-331, 6 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2020/331
Research Article
Special issue: Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Timely Administration of Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke: An Ethnographic Study

Elmer Catangui1,*, Elizabeth Baua2, Jesus Pizarro3 and Adel F. Almutairi4

1Director Clinical Nursing, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2Dean, Post Graduate, Academic Supervisor, St Paul University Philippines, Philippines
3Academic Supervisor, St Paul University Philippines, Philippines
4Academic Supervisor, Chairman, Research Office, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Elmer Catangui, Director Clinical Nursing, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; E-mail: catanguiel@ngha.med.sa
17 August 2020; 20 October 2020; 22 October 2020
Catangui E, Baua E, Pizarro J, Almutairi AF (2020) Timely Administration of Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke: An Ethnographic Study. Int J Nurs Clin Pract 7: 331. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2020/331
© 2020 Catangui et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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