ABSTRACT
To better coordinate the construction of stroke center in one tertiary hospital,a specialist stroke nurse was hired,whose working scope included participation in rapid treatment of acute stroke patients,health education,stroke programme coordination,stroke quality surveillance,healthcare staff training and so on.Through the establishment of stroke center involving participation of the specialist stroke nurse,rules and regulations of the stroke center were improved while median Door-to-Needle time of intravenous thrombolysis was shortened from 98min in 2009～2010 to 58min in 2015～2016 and the percentage of zero quality defect medical records was improved from 10.8％ to 81.1％(P＜0.001).The involvement of specialist stroke nurse in coordination of stroke center is a new model for health quality improvement and provides some experience for specialized nurse role development and implementation.There is also a need for standardized training,professional certification and long-term management of specialist stroke nurse.