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COJ Nursing & Healthcare

Prevention of Risk and Complications Associated with Heart Catheterization

Submission: May 16, 2018;Published: June 18, 2018

DOI: 10.31031/COJNH.2018.03.000562

ISSN: 2577-2007
Volume3 Issue3

Abstract

Nurses play a dynamic role, in the interdisciplinary team within the health care arena. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the nurse’s role in the prevention of risks and access site complications following heart catheterization using complexity integration nursing theory. The initiative could save our nation tax dollars towards health care by reducing length of hospital stay, loss of work days and reduce exorbitant costs related to the management of access site complications following percutaneous coronary intervention

Keywords: Percutaneous coronary artery; Heart catheterization; Wound care

Abbreviations: MI: Myocardial Infarction; ACS: Acute Coronary Syndrome; PCI: Percutaneous Coronary Syndrome; CINT: Complexity Integration Nursing Theory; STEMI- ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction; NSTEMI: Non ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

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