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Book SynopsisNurses must deliver up-to-date, clinically effective, evidence-based care across a range of settings and develop nursing services to meet changing demands. The revised and expanded Oxford Handbook of Cardiac Nursing 3rd edition is tailored to provide the essential knowledge nurses need; at their fingertips when they need it. This handbook will guide the reader systematically through the care of patients with a wide range of cardiac problems. Each chapter contains the up to date evidence-based guidelines for cardiac conditions and treatments. It now includes new topics such as stroke, genetics, computed tomography coronary angiogram. Valvular heart disease has been expanded, as well as the chapter on congenital heart disease and inherited cardiac conditions. Providing key summaries of common problems and essential issues, it will provide both an invaluable reference for cardiac nurses, as well as a precise, targeted guide for nurses from other specialties caring for patients with cardiac problems.
Trade Review'...an excellent resource for clinical nursing staff involved in the wide spectrum of cardiac medicine and surgery practice…I would welcome such an adjunct to my own practice and would recommend it to clinical nursing staff.' * Cardiology News *
Table of Contents1: Kate Olson: Introduction: prevention of cardiovascular disease 2: Kate Olson: Cardiac assessment 3: Tracey Bowden: Cardiac investigations 4: Kate Olson: Valvular disease 5: Kate Olson: Infective endocarditis 6: Kate Olson: Coronary heart disease: stable angina 7: Tracey Bowden: Acute coronary syndromes 8: Tracey Bowden: Interventional cardiology for coronary heart disease 9: Kate Olson: Cardiac surgery 10: Imelda Sotto: Chronic heart failure 11: Rachel Grant: Bradycardias and blocks 12: Kate Olson: Tachycardias 13: Alex Cambridge: Electrophysiology 14: Kate Olson: Congenital heart disease and inherited cardiac conditions 15: Kate Olson: Cardiomyopathy 16: Kate Olson: Other cardiac problems 17: Kate Olson: Cardiac rehabilitation 18: Kate Olson: Cardiovascular emergencies 19: Lynda Filer: Cardiovascular drugs Kate Olson: Appendix 1 Further suggested resources Kate Olson: Appendix 2 Heart diagrams
