This handbook provides a systematic account of the main areas of cardiac nursing including assessment, investigation, treatment, rehabilitation, and pharmacological interventions. Cardiac nurses in all settings will find this a practical and evidence-based summary of the relevant issues related to the appropriate care of their patients.
This handbook provides a systematic account of the main areas of cardiac nursing including assessment, investigation, treatment, rehabilitation, and pharmacological interventions. Cardiac nurses in all settings will find this a practical and evidence-based summary of the relevant issues related to the appropriate care of their patients.
Kate Olson has had a wide and varied career in the field of cardiac nursing. She started her career as a staff nurse in cardiothoracic nursing before moving onto coronary care, intensive care and cardiac rehabilitation. In 1998 she became a lecturer in cardiac nursing at City University London and was later promoted to Senior Lecturer. In this role she was responsible for all of the post registration cardiac nursing courses and the degree in cardiac nursing. In 2005 she was invited to help set up the British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, the first journal for cardiac nursing in the UK. Kate became the editor in chief of the journal. She stepped down from this position when her daughter was born but continues to have an active role on the editorial board. Kate currently divides her time between working as a visiting lecturer at City University of London, working as a health professional at a community cardiac rehabilitation group, and, working as a freelance trainer.
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* 1: Kate Olson: Introduction: prevention of cardiovascular disease * 2: Kate Olson: Cardiac assessment * 3: Tracey Bowden: Cardiac investigations * 4: Kate Olson: Valvular disease * 5: Kate Olson: Infective endocarditis * 6: Kate Olson: Coronary heart disease: stable angina * 7: Tracey Bowden: Acute coronary syndromes * 8: Tracey Bowden: Interventional cardiology for coronary heart disease * 9: Kate Olson: Cardiac surgery * 10: Imelda Sotto: Chronic heart failure * 11: Rachel Grant: Bradycardias and blocks * 12: Kate Olson: Tachycardias * 13: Alex Cambridge: Electrophysiology * 14: Kate Olson: Congenital heart disease and inherited cardiac conditions * 15: Kate Olson: Cardiomyopathy * 16: Kate Olson: Other cardiac problems * 17: Kate Olson: Cardiac rehabilitation * 18: Kate Olson: Cardiovascular emergencies * 19: Lynda Filer: Cardiovascular drugs * Appendix 1 Further suggested resources * Appendix 2 Heart diagrams
