Provides guidelines to nurses on preparing a patient for cardiac catheterization. Purpose of cardiac catheterization; Indications for cardiac catheterization; Teaching the patient about the procedure; Physician's orders; Marking pulses on the arm or leg that will be used; Pre-catheterization and post-...
Stenosis: Comics can help patients feel less anxious before cardiac catheterization. Credit: Brand, Gao, Hamann, Martineck, Stangl/Charité Before undergoing surgery, patients must be fully informed about what the procedure entails. The complex nature of the information involved means that patients ofte...
and “Chit Ananda,” by Deva Premal. I listened to these during my preoperative cardiac catheterization, while being wheeled into surgery, and in the intensive care unit. Listening to the meditations and becoming absorbed in the chants calmed my fears and helped me find strength in the connectio...
A patient is admitted to the surgical unit with a diagnosis of rule out intestinal obstruction. The nurse is preparing to insert a Salem sump NG tube as ordered. In which of the following positions would it be BEST for the nurse to place this patient during the procedure? 1. Head of ...
wherein there is rapid consumption of coagulation factors and systemic coagulation which results in the formation of life-threatening thrombi occurring throughout the microvasculature leading to widespread organ failure, hemorrhagic stroke, renal dialysis, blood oxygenation, and cardiac catheterization. ...
Provides guidelines to nurses on preparing a patient for cardiac catheterization. Purpose of cardiac catheterization; Indications for cardiac catheterization; Teaching the patient about the procedure; Physician's orders; Marking pulses on the arm or leg that will be used; Pre-catheterization and post-...
Background: Transradial access has gained popularity over transfemoral access for cardiac catheterization, because of the decreased risk of bleeding, time to ambulation, and length of stay leading to improved patient satisfaction. One disadvantage of the radial artery approach is vasospasm, which can ...