Adult Cardiac Surgery

Nursing Care and Management

Helen Inwood (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

228 Seiten

2001
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-1-86156-241-8 (ISBN)

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Identifies the needs of the adult patient recovering from cardiac surgery, and focuses on the more common procedures of coronary artery bypass graft and valve surgery. This text seeks to allow nurses in the area of cardiac surgery to concentrate on a high basic standard of nursing care, ensuring that the needs of the patient are not neglected.

This book will answer the questions frequently asked by newly qualified nurses or nurses entering the specialty of cardiac surgery. It identifies the needs of the adult patient recovering from cardiac surgery, and focuses on the more common procedures of coronary artery bypass graft and valve surgery. The information provided will enable evidence based nursing care to support interventions in the meeting of those needs. This text will allow nurses in this specialist area to concentrate on a high basic standard of nursing care, ensuring that the needs of the patient are not neglected in the pursuit of technological advancement. It discusses the main complications that may occur and how these can be dealt with.

Helen Inwood is the author of Adult Cardiac Surgery: Nursing Care and Management, published by Wiley.

Indications for surgery. Pre-operative preparation.

Intra-operative care.

Respiratory Care.

Cardiovascular Care.

Neurological Care.

Nutrition and Hydration.

Wound drainage and urinary care.

Wound Care and Hygiene.

Psychological Care.

Rehabilitation and Care on Discharge.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.10.2001
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 234 mm
Gewicht	369 g
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Herz- / Thorax- / Gefäßchirurgie
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
ISBN-10	1-86156-241-1 / 1861562411
ISBN-13	978-1-86156-241-8 / 9781861562418
Zustand	Neuware