A Nurse's Guide to Caring for Cardiac Intervention Patients : Wiley Series in Nursing - Eileen O'Grady, RN, Dip HE, BSc (Hons)

A Nurse's Guide to Caring for Cardiac Intervention Patients

By: Eileen O'Grady, RN, Dip HE, BSc (Hons)

Paperback | 23 March 2007 | Edition Number 1

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Cardiac intervention is a fast expanding field of medicine that is reducing the need for cardiac surgery. <i>A Nurse's Guide to Caring for Cardiac Intervention Patients</i> will enable nurses to fully prepare their patients and families for various cardiac intervention procedures. <p> <b>Coverage includes:</b> <ul> <li>Explanations of what the heart condition is and how the procedure may relieve that condition <li>Descriptions of what the patient can expect to happen before, during and after the procedure <li>What nurses should observe for post procedure, and how to address any complications that may occur <li>Guidelines for discharge advice <li>Outlines for a pre and post care plan for each procedure &#8211; based on the latest research and experience.&#160; </ul> <p> Nurses will find the book informative on common interventional procedures, but it is also designed as a tool to be dipped into when caring for patients with more unusual procedures. This practical book includes chapters on: cardiac catheterisation; percutaneous coronary intervention; percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty; removal of femoral sheaths; cardioversion; temporary and permanent pacemakers.
Industry Reviews
?This book is extremely informative and very well laid out.? (Perioperative Practice, August 2007)

"...written by a nurse for nurses and addresses the current issues that are encountered when persons undergo cardiac intervention." (British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, October 2007)

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