A Nurse's Guide to Caring for Cardiac Intervention Patients
Eileen O'Grady, RN, Dip HE, BSc author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Published:23rd Feb '07
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Cardiac intervention is a fast expanding field of medicine that is reducing the need for cardiac surgery. A Nurse's Guide to Caring for Cardiac Intervention Patients will enable nurses to fully prepare their patients and families for various cardiac intervention procedures.
Coverage includes:
- Explanations of what the heart condition is and how the procedure may relieve that condition
- Descriptions of what the patient can expect to happen before, during and after the procedure
- What nurses should observe for post procedure, and how to address any complications that may occur
- Guidelines for discharge advice
- Outlines for a pre and post care plan for each procedure – based on the latest research and experience.
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.
“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)
ISBN: 9780470019955
Dimensions: 229mm x 155mm x 16mm
Weight: 454g
288 pages