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Record Nr.

UNINA9910876666003321

Autore

Stewart Simon <1964->

Titolo

Chronic cardiac care : a practical guide to specialist nurse management / / Simon Stewart, Sally Inglis, Anna Hawkes ; foreword by David R. Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass. ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2006

ISBN

1-280-74304-2

9786610743049

0-470-79116-0

0-470-75059-6

1-4051-7182-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (166 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

InglisSally

HawkesAnna

Disciplina

616.1/20231

Soggetti

Heart - Diseases - Nursing

Chronic diseases - Nursing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pathophysiology and epidemiologic burden of chronic cardiac disease -- Key therapeutic targets in chronic cardiac care -- Slowing the progression of cardiovascular disease : innovative approaches to cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention -- Chronic CHF management programs : an exemplar for chronic cardiac care -- Organizational aspects of chronic cardiac care -- Individual aspects of chronic cardiac care -- Establishing a nurse-led program of chronic cardiac care.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a practical book for nurses on the management of patients with chronic cardiac disease. With the number of patients who have survived a heart attack but need continuous monitoring increasing, the role of nurse specialists is becoming ever more important.  This book provides the necessary information for them to fulfil the role. It complements the lead author's earlier book, Improving Outcomes in Chronic Heart Failure, by providing the details of clinical management for working directly with patients (e.g. therapeutic targets in hypertension) and for



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