Saturday, March 19, 2011

A Nurse's Guide to Caring for Cardiac Intervention Patients

Publisher: Wiley
1st edition - April 24, 2007
Paperback: 288 pages
ISBN-10: 9780470019955
ISBN-13: 978-0470019955
 

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. 
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. 

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