Strokecast

Shortly after I got out of the hospital 3 years ago, a friend and former coworker sent me a link to an announcement from Valley Medical Center in Renton, WA, about the Stroke Club. Despite the commute from downtown Seattle, this would become the first support group I attended. It's there that I met Sarah Devine, a neurology nurse practitioner who led the group. Since then, the group has grown, we've heard from a wide assortment of speakers, attendees have come and gone, and now Sarah is handing over the reins of the group while she prepares to take her own well deserved break. Before she leaves, though, I wanted to sit down and talk with her more about her own path. Bio Sarah Devine is an Adult Nurse Practitioner practicing at Valley Medical Center’s Neuroscience Institute. Sarah sees Stroke and TIA patients in the hospital and clinic to confirm etiology, reduce risk for re-stroke and counsel patients on life style changes while helping through the multiple post stroke syndromes and symptoms that occur. She