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Recent progress in cardiac nursing and rehabilitation programmes
Author(s) -
Mayberry J.,
Kent S. V.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1983.tb00333.x
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , medicine , nursing , coronary artery disease , nursing care , intensive care , intensive care medicine , physical therapy , psychiatry
The value of coronary care units in reducing mortality has been questioned in recent years. However, nurses working in such units have acquired considerable specialist knowledge about coronary artery disease and the psychological problems of patients requiring intensive care. During the 1970s several formal studies of patient management and secondary prevention were developed and reported by nurses. In this review these findings and their effects on patients, relatives and nursing staff are discussed.