Cardiovascular Care Made Incredibly Easy! » (2nd Edition)

Written in the award-winning Incredibly Easy! style, this completely updated Second Edition is the ideal reference for those entering or needing a refresher in cardiovascular nursing care. This one-of-a-kind book brings together the broad knowledge nurses need to be confident in cardiovascular care.

This edition has a full-color design, a new chapter on prevention and risk reduction, and expanded coverage of possible complications of each disorder. A new "Practice Makes Perfect" self-testing section is also included.

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Reviewer:Polly A Royal, DNP, RN-BC(Purdue University School of Nursing)
Description:This book, a nice update from the first edition of 2004, starts each chapter with three to four pertinent objectives. Sections titled advice from the experts, peak technique, now I get it, no place like home, and memory joggers explain key concepts, provide important care reminders, and reinforce learning.
Purpose:It provides an interactive, fun approach to learning.
Audience:This is a perfect introduction and first step in building a solid foundation for healthcare providers caring for and focusing on cardiac patients. It is also an easy to read reference for healthcare providers not focusing on cardiac patients, but caring for patients with cardiac comorbidities.
Features:This book uses a consistent approach throughout the book to cover the care of the cardiovascular patient from anatomy, physiology, and assessment, to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. A wide variety of the most common cardiovascular disorders are covered including common cardiac emergencies and complications. The illustrations are fun and useful.
Assessment:This is helpful for medical-surgical students when first introduced to cardiac patients as well as novice nurses practicing for the first time on a cardiac unit. Cardiovascular care is ever changing and this new edition after just four years is one way to stay on top of the newest innovations in cardiac care.

Not another boring foreword

1 Anatomy and physiology 1

2 Assessment 17

3 Prevention and risk reduction 41

4 Diagnostic tests and procedures 53

5 Treatments 91

6 Arrhythmias 137

7 Inflammatory and valvular disorders 221

8 Degenerative disorders 245

9 Vascular disorders 277

10 Emergencies and complications 295

Practice makes perfect 318

Selected references 338

Index 340