This thoroughly updated and revised text provides an overview of vascular disease and presents specific nursing management strategies for each vascular disorder. New technology for diagnostic evaluation of vascular disease and non-operative management of vascular disease is covered in detail.

An official publication of the Society for Vascular Nursing, the Second Edition of the Core Curriculum for Vascular Nursing provides the core knowledge needed by the novice entering the specialty. It also serves as a manual for the nursing instructor, a study guide for cardiovascular certification, and a reference for the experienced vascular clinician caring for the challenging vascular patient. Topics include the evolution of vascular nursing, vascular assessment and diagnosis, vascular nursing research, and guideline-directed medical, endovascular and surgical therapy for the treatment of carotid artery stenosis, aortic aneurysm, renal artery stenosis, vascular access, venous disease, vascular trauma, amputations, and lymphedema.

This volume addresses all aspects of care and management for different vascular conditions and stages of the disease process that the nurse should encounter. The text draws together the work of specialists within their field of practice to provide an individual approach to different sections of vascular nursing. The chapters of the book can be read individually for reference or as part of a whole.

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