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Summary
- Board certified adult nurse practitioner, certified rehabilitation registered nurse. stroke certified registered nurse, certified brain injury specialist and Fellow of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses with 38 years of acute inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation experience.
Education & Training
- Rush UniversityPost-Masters Certificate, 1997 - 1999
- Rush UniversityMasters, 1987 - 1990
- Loyola UniversityBSN, Nursing, 1981 - 1985
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Clinical Article Writer’s Award Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, 2017
- Sarah Baskin Award for Excellence in Research Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 2006
- Advanced Practice Nurse Award Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, 1998
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Professional Memberships
- Member
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsThe Importance of Monitoring Patients’ Responses to Medications: Increased Arousal after Administration of Zolpidem in Those with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy—A Cas...Sylvia A. Duraski
Rehabilitation Nursing. 2017-03-01 - 30 citationsActigraphy for assessment of sleep in traumatic brain injury: case series, review of the literature and proposed criteria for use.Felise S. Zollman, Cherina Cyborski, Sylvia A. Duraski
Brain Injury. 2010-04-07 - 44 citationsDoes botulinum toxin type A decrease pain and lessen disability in hemiplegic survivors of stroke with shoulder pain and spasticity?: a randomized, double-blind, place...Christina Marciniak, Richard L. Harvey, Christine M. Gagnon, Sylvia A. Duraski, Florence A. Denby
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2012-12-01
Journal Articles
- Intrathecal baclofen therapy and the role of the rehabilitation nurse.Duraski, S.A., Rehabilitation Nursing, 2023
- An unreported cause of intrathecal baclofen withdrawal symptoms in a woman with spastic cerebral palsy who received intrathecal gablofen.Duraski, S.A. & Sayyad, A., Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 2018
- The Importance of Monitoring Patients’ Responses to Medications: Increased Arousal after Administration of Zolpidem in Those with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy—A Cas...Duraski, S.A., Rehabilitation Nursing, 2015
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Dysphagia Treatment Outcomes for Patients with a Brain Tumor Participation in Inpatient Rehabilitation.Pietrantoni, M., Dietzen, A., Sayyad, A., Gould, G., Duraski, S., Jafry, O., Brady, S., American Speech Language Hearing Annual Conference, Boston, MA., 2018
- The Use of Open Phenol Blocks in the Treatment of Lower Extremity Spasticity in an Adult with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Report.Senno, R.G., Duraski, S.A. & Sisson, G., American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine annual conference, 2009
- Does botulinum toxin type A decrease pain and lessen disability in hemiplegic survivors of stroke with shoulder pain and spasticity? A randomized, double-blind, place...Marciniak, C.M., Bravi, L.A., Denby, F.A., Duraski, S.A., Fogarty, K.M, Gagnon, C.M. & Harvey R.L., American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation., Austin, TX, 2009
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Lectures
- Impaired CommunicationChicago, IL.
- Traumatic Brain Injury RehabilitationOlympia Fields, IL. - 2004
- Taking a Fall HistoryChicago, IL. - 2004
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Other Languages
- Spanish
Office
26W171 Roosevelt Road
Wheaton, IL 60187Phone+1 630-909-7000
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