Topics About 'Lvad'.

I work in a CICU at a level 1 trauma center. We've been taking care of LVADs from the community for a few years, we have 4 or 5 patients where we are the only driveable LVAD center for them to come to. The last few months, we've starting implanting...

Hello all, I have recently been contacted by a manager in a Cardiac Progressive Care Unit for a 3 month travel contract. The unit sounds exactly like the last unit I was working at in London, England. Similar setup, patient to nurse ratio, patien...

Hi guys! I'm interviewing for a heart failure position in a few weeks and I have very little experience in the world of cardiac. Can anyone recommend some online lectures or journals to refresh things for me? While I plan to fully admit my lack of...

I work in cardiac rehab at a critical access hospital. We have a referral for a patient with an lvad. Would anyone have policies and or protocols we could see to build ours?

Hi, I am a cardiac nurse in a hospital that cares for LVADs. We get a TON of transfers from other hospitals (as well as direct admits) where the ER nurses know NOTHING about them. Sadly even our own ER nurses are clueless about them. I would like to ...

If you are a nurse at a rural hospital, you may have had a patient arrive at your hospital with an LVAD, and you may have felt uncomfortable with this unfamiliar device. If so, you probably wanted to learn more about LVADs and how to properly care fo...