Vascular Disease: A Handbook for Nurses

Cambridge University Press, 4/28/2005
EAN 9780521674515, ISBN10: 0521674514

Paperback, 270 pages, 23.5 x 15.7 x 2.3 cm
Language: English

Caring for Patients with Vascular Disease: A Practical Approach for Medical and Nursing Staff offers a step-by-step guide to caring for patients in a variety of clinical settings. It follows a patient's path of care from management in the outpatient clinic, through to the hospital ward, theatre, recovery room and back to the follow-up outpatient clinic. A clear, concise format is used throughout the book, with reference to evidence-based interventions and the physiology underpinning them, and the use of simple line diagrams and treatment flow charts to illustrate the essential aspects of care. Edited by a vascular nurse and vascular surgeon, with contributions from a group of invited authors, the book reflects the multidisciplinary nature of patient care and will be a valuable resource for nurses, surgeons and other healthcare professionals involved in caring for this patient group.

1. Outpatient clinic Sharon Dorgan, H. Al-Khaffaf, Marcia Gore, Kath Payton, M. A. Rahi and Justine C. Whitaker
2. Vascular emergencies M. A. Rahi
3. Vascular investigations Christine Spencer and William Stevenson
4. Management of vascular patients on the ward Susan Jane, Sharon Dorgan and F. J. Boon
5. The perioperative period Lynda Thompson, Ayad Shakir, O. Ehsan, H. Al-Khaffaf, Julie Bell and James C. Watts
6. Miscellaneous Lynda Thompson, Sharon Dorgan, Valerie Skinner and F. Serracino-Inglott.