Product Description: Written by experienced clinicians, Cardiac Care: An Introduction for Nurses takes readers step by step through the patient journey, from initial prevention through the critical period to rehabilitation or palliative care. A fundamental resource for all those new to cardiac care, the book provides a basic grounding in the underlying pathophysiology of the disease as well as an understanding of available treatments and provides an accessible update on the latest research and trends in the cardiac specialty...read more

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Product Description: Heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases are the number one killer of American women. This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics highlights various topics regarding this life-threatening disease. Some of the articles in this issue contain information on the American Heart Association guidelines, acute coronary syndrome, common obstacles in lipid management, women and dysrthymia, ablation hypothermic coma, and Kawasaki disease...read more

Product Description: This volume of the new Nursing Know-How series offers how-to guidance on the latest techniques for evaluating heart and breath sounds. The book is written in paragraph and bulleted format, with numerous illustrations and flow charts...read more

Product Description: Written in the award-winning Incredibly Easy! style, this completely updated Second Edition is the ideal reference for those entering or needing a refresher in cardiovascular nursing care. This one-of-a-kind book brings together the broad knowledge nurses need to be confident in cardiovascular care, including cardiovascular anatomy and physiology; assessment; diagnostic testing; hemodynamic monitoring; electrocardiogram performance and interpretation; medications; synchronized cardioversion; care of patients with IABP counterpulsation, ICDs, pacemakers, and VADs; and preoperative and postoperative care for patients with MIDCAB, CABG, and balloon angioplasty...read more

Heart failure is a condition that often results in chronic tiredness and shortness of breath. It also requires complex nursing and medical treatment, especially after a hospital admission, which is all too frequent for persons with heart failure.This book describes and discusses the latest research concerning the benefits of having specially trained nurses manage the care of patients with heart failure after they have been discharged from hospital to their own home. Leading nurses and doctors from around the world discuss their experiences with this type of innovative and effective care program.Building upon these experiences, the book also contains a practical guide to developing this type of care program into a fully functional service that provides quality care to those patients admitted to hospital with heart failure.

Univ. of Glasgow, UK. Guide to specialist nurse intervention for patients with chronic heart failure, with contributions from an international group of experts. Details the roles of each member of the primary care team in serving the ultimate goal of increasing patient quality of life and reducing readmissions, and creating a service for post-discharge care. Softcover.

Second edition.

Product Description: Critical care nurses play an invaluable role as key members of the cardiac surgery patient's medical care team. This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics will cover a range of topics, such as cardiac valve repairs; post-operative complications of cardiac surgery; cardiac transplantation update; cardiovascular pharmacology; and an update on complications of pediatric cardiac surgery...read more

Product Description: This new edition of this classic text reflects the latest advances in cardiac patient care. Coverage includes acute cate, assessment, intervention, meeting patient needs, managing complications, recovery, and rehabilitation.

A classic in the field of cardiac nursing, this well-recognized text and clinical reference has earned the reputation as "The Red Reference Book" for nurses caring for patients who have cardiac disease. Revised and updated, this edition reflects the latest procedures and techniques in cardiac nursing. This book incorporates the nursing process and critical thinking strategies, while also providing a foundation for the contents based on theory, anatomy and physiology. The liberal use of figures, tables, and authoritative references, makes this the ideal text for graduate students and a reference for any nurse interested in cardiac nursing. The authors of Cardiac Nursing, Fourth Edition lay the groundwork for cardiovascular nursing in Part I by presenting the necessary information about cardiovascular anatomy and physiology. Before the reader can fully comprehend the details of coronary heart disease it is essential to assimilate the information found in Part II, Physiologic and Pathophysiologic Response. Part III, covers the assessment of coronary heart disease and addresses many noninvasive and invasive testing procedures currently available. In Part IV, various disease states and treatments are fully explored. Finally, Part V provides valuable information regarding the latest concepts in health promotion and disease prevention. The straightforward style makes this an easily comprehensible text for both the experienced and novice nurse caring for patients who have, or are at risk for developing, cardiac disease. A Brandon-Hill Recommended Title.

Product Description: Vascular Nursing remains the only clinical reference devoted solely to the nursing care of patients with peripheral vascular disorders. This thoroughly updated and revised text provides a comprehensive overview of vascular disease and presents specific nursing management strategies for each vascular disorder...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A number of books have been written relating to congenital heart disease, but generally, they reflect individualised medical management of local practice and philosophies. Although this book assumes a prior working knowledge of congenital heart disease, it aims to provide the reader with a reference guide to be utilised at the bedside...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is a comprehensive reference text which covers all areas of cardiac care that nurses need to know about. As well as the clinical conditions and syndromes, it covers health promotion and rehabilitation. Nursing care in relation to a variety of specific conditions is discussed together with current changes and management in cardiac care provision...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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