Patient Education Decrease Anxiety Undergoing Invasive Cardiac

Patient Education Decrease Anxiety Undergoing Invasive Cardiac Procedures

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In this case, one of the main areas of topic is based on the role played by initial patient education on the anxiety of patients undergoing noninvasive cardiovascular surgery. It has been reported that the initial education provided by the nurses to the patient in relation to the noninvasive cardiac surgery helps the patient, as there is a great reduction in stress and level of anxiety in relation to the surgical procedures and the outcomes.

Riegel, B (ed). Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. Philadelphia, U.S..

The journal is a complete online source for the information needed by the nurses in accordance to the procedures that can be used to reduce anxiety levels in the patients undergoing noninvasive cardiac surgery. These days it is important that the patients be taken into complete confidence by making sure they are aware of the procedures that they are going through. There are a number of articles within the journal highlighting the fact that there is a need to use techniques that can help the patient in being less stressful and anxious about the procedures that they go through. The kind of care being provided to the patient before and after the surgical procedures is referred to as perioperative nursing. A number of perioperative techniques can be used by the nurses to make sure that the patients are less anxious during and after their noninvasive cardiac procedures.

Dougherty, C. M (ed). Nursing Research. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia, U.S..

This is the second most important online source that can be used by the nurses to enhance their knowledge about the kind of care needed by a cardiac patient. The journal has highlighted a number of references that have argued about the well-being of a cardiac patient, before, during and after the noninvasive cardiac procedures. One of the main facts which have been highlighted in the journal is that the nurses should be knowledgeable about the stressful conditions that the patients go through before being operated.

National Guideline Clearing House, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, U.S..

This is one of the sources that are the most diverse. Almost every topic on which the nurses need guideline has been enlisted here. An important fact highlighted in this source is related to the procedural requirements that the patents have undergoing noninvasive cardiac procedures. It is important that the nurses explore the sources given in this source to know the main reasons associated with elevated levels of anxiety and stress before the noninvasive cardiac procedures.

Seers, K (ed.). Evidenced-based Nursing. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. & the RCN Publishing Company Ltd., UK.

This quarterly published nursing source of knowledge is equipped with information for the nurses to handle patients undergoing noninvasive cardiac procedures. The most important point that the nurses can find out through this important source are the points of education and initial knowledge that is to be provided to the patients to make sure that they feel comfortable and assured with the knowledge being provided. Secondly it is important that the nurses find the main reasons that are associated with stress and anxiety levels in cardiac procedures and what kind of education is to be delivered to the patients to help them relax and be less anxious.

Medscape Nursing. Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing. Medscape Publishers, U.S.