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Concussed University Students: Improving Diagnosis And Management Of Concussions, Teri Witter

Nursing (graduate) Student Scholarship

•PROBLEM STATEMENT: Concussions often remove university students from curricular and co-curricular activities. In the absence of a concussion protocol, diagnosis and management of a concussion may be delayed •AIM: to decrease the incidence of undiagnosed or misdiagnosed concussions in the university setting •PURPOSE: To implement a concussion protocol in the university setting using the Acute Concussion Evaluation (ACE) tool