Cardiovascular disorders (Nurse's clinical library)

In the emergency department and all other hospital departments, nurses must be ready to handle sudden dysrhythmia, shock, or cardiac arrest, knowing which situations are likely to provoke cardiovascular complications or emergencies and how to handle them correctly. Throughout this volume, scores of useful anatomic drawings, illustrations, charts, and diagrams clarify and augment the text. Special graphic devices call attention to patient teaching aids and emergency management of life-threatening complications, such as hypertensive crisis and acute pulmonary edema. Two appendices provide supplementary information on congenital heart defects and cardiovascular drugs. Given nursing's expanding role in health care, nurses have a special need to keep their knowledge of cardiovascular disorders current and accurate. This volume will be an excellent reference for nurses at all professional levels.