{"product_id":"chronic-cardiac-care-isbn-9780727918352","title":"Chronic Cardiac Care","description":"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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book provides the necessary information for them to fulfil the role. It complements the lead author's earlier book, \u003ci\u003eImproving Outcomes in Chronic Heart Failure,\u003c\/i\u003e by providing the details of clinical management for working directly with patients (e.g. therapeutic targets in hypertension) and for working with patients to ensure compliance with medication.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSection 1: Background\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e1 Pathophysiology and epidemiologic burden of chronic cardiac disease.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2Key therapeutic targets in chronic cardiac care.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 2: Effective Models of Chronic Cardiac Care\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Slowing the progression of cardiovascular disease: innovative approaches to cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Chronic CHF management programs: an exemplar for chronic cardiac care.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 3: Managing Care: From the Organization to the Individual\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Organizational aspects of chronic cardiac care.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Individual aspects of chronic cardiac care.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 4: Optimizing Chronic Cardiac Care\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Establishing a nurse-led program of chronic cardiac care.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This excellent book will be an important resource for specialist nurses involved in secondary prevention\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...the authors offer a range of theoretical approaches which can be adopted for practice together with useful examples\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"the authors are experts in their field and have written a book which will be of interest to cardiac nurses wherever they live and where the morbidity from cardiac disease is high. It will be of particular value to nurses pursuing further academic study. It is well referenced and will help students generate possible research questions\"-- \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarl Margereson, British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, April 2006, Vol 1, Issue 4\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Simon Stewart, Professor of Health Research, University of Queensland, Australia\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eSally Inglis, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnna Hawkes, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Queensland, Australia\u003c\/p\u003e  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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book provides the necessary information for them to fulfil the role. It complements the author's earlier book, \u003ci\u003eImproving Outcomes in Chronic Heart Failure,\u003c\/i\u003e by providing the details of clinical management for working directly with patients (eg therapeutic targets in hypertension) and for working with patients to ensure compliance with medication.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BMJ Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988920451301,"sku":"NP9780727918352","price":81.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780727918352.jpg?v=1761782055","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/chronic-cardiac-care-isbn-9780727918352","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}