Ischemic vs. Hemorrhagic Stroke (2 Types of Stroke You Must Know) | NCLEX® Review

3 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief NCLEX review segment, the speaker outlines the two primary stroke types that nursing students must master. An ischemic stroke occurs when a blood clot blocks a cerebral vessel, abruptly cutting off blood flow and causing rapid tissue death. A hemorrhagic stroke results from a ruptured brain blood vessel, leading to bleeding that also diminishes perfusion to surrounding tissue. The speaker emphasizes that both conditions share the common outcome of reduced cerebral blood flow. The segment concludes with a brief plug for med‑surg flashcards available in the Nursing SOS shop.

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Let's talk about two types of stroke that you need to know for the nclex. The first one is ischemic stroke. Now, this is where there's actually a blood clot that is gets lodged in a blood vessel in the brain and that will block blood flow to the brain tissue. And that brain tissue can die very quickly. And then we have a hemorrhagic stroke. Now, this is where a blood vessel in the brain actually breaks, and so it causes a hemorrhage in the brain where blood is leaking out of that blood vessel and that also reduces blood flow. So in both of these cases, there is reduced blood flow to the areas of the brain that is affected by those vessels. You can find all these med surg flashcards inside the nursing SOS shop.