Cardiovascular Nursing Practice Textbook: A Comprehensive Resource Manual and Study Guide for Clinical Nurses

Includes Volume 1 and Volume 2

One of the most current, up-to-date, two-volume user-friendly cardiovascular books available! This book is for clinical nurses and advanced practice nurses who work with patients who have cardiovascular diseases in all types of practice settings: critical care, telemetry/stepdown units, emergency departments, chest pain centers, cardiac/interventional catheterization laboratories, physician offices, clinics, cardiac rehabilitation, and home health care. An excellent tool for certification preparation and the best reference manual for cardiovascular topics in any clinical setting as well as for nurse educators in hospitals, schools of nursing and clinical nurse specialists who are responsible for teaching, mentoring and supporting clinical nursing staff.

Features of this book that make it a user friendly reference for nurses include:

• Size 12 font for easy reading
• Full page layout
• Combination of prose and bulleted text (no outlines!)
• Illustrations to help explain concepts discussed in the text
• Summary of the most recent guidelines from American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology for managing specific cardiovascular diseases
• Linking Knowledge to Practice sections to help you apply what you have read to clinical practice
• Knowledge assessment questions or practice rhythm strips and ECGs at the end of each chapter to test your understanding of content presented