[Using nursing knowledge in the acute phase of stroke: An exploratory qualitative descriptive study].

Introduction: Strokes represent a major public health issue in which nurses are involved, both in care and in research. The literature reveals a description of their activities in treating the disease and the altered functions in which it results, as well as in managing the experience of the sufferer. The aim of this work was to describe the knowledge upon which nurses draw when caring for patients in the acute phase of stroke.