Specialties Cardiac
Published Aug 28, 2005
Kristi0043
13 Posts
looking for a comprehensive, easy read type book to help get me more acclimated to equipment/patient management in a cardiothoracic icu. i have previously worked in a telemetry setting, so swans and a-lines are new to me. i have little vent experience as well.... any reccomendations?
NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN
10 Articles; 18,403 Posts
Got just the website you need: www.icufaqs.org
sirI, MSN, APRN, NP
17 Articles; 44,743 Posts
cardiothoracic surgical nursing (author: finkelmeier: isbn#0781717132)
cardiovascular nursing (author: kinney, and packa)
cardiovascular critical care nursing (author: woods: isbn#044308193x)
also, try the website: cardiovascular physiology concepts. it has valuable resources:
http://www.cvphysiology.com/
check out the the journal, cardiology update.
i reference these books. there are more and if this does not help, contact us.
good luck!!
Burnt2
281 Posts
agreed. icufaqs.org is awesome. I printed off most of the FAQs and put them in a binder.
incublissRN, BSN, RN
286 Posts
Manual Of Perioperative Care In Adult Cardiac Surgery by Robert Bojar.