Heart failure : a clinical nursing handbook / Christopher Nicholson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicholson, Christopher, RGN

Series:

Wiley series in nursing.

Wiley series in nursing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Congestive heart failure--Nursing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Congestive heart failure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a complete, easy-to-use handbook for nurses who see patients with heart failure. In recent years heart failure has become a high priority in health care. With more nurses caring for patients with heart failure and making decisions that are often complex, there is a clear need for those nurses to have access to good quality clinical information and guidance. This book is designed to be a practical, 'one-stop', handbook for the practitioner, supported by case studies and up-todate references throughout, providing all the topics the Practitioner or student may need in their wor

Contents:

Definitions

Epidemiology

Causes

Outcomes

Physiology

Clinical assessment

Investigations

Treatment exxentials

Exercise training

Medicines

Invasive treatments

End-stage heart failure

Policy framework

Service issues.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-253) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611135348

9781281135346

1281135348

9780470988107

047098810X

9780470518571

047051857X

OCLC:

476124204