ECGs for Nurses provides everything the nurse needs to know about the electrocardiogram. Accessible yet comprehensive, and packed with case studies, this portable guide enables nurses to become skilled practitioners in an area often seen as highly complex. Using real ECG traces as examples, possible effects on the patient and treatment options are discussed, with a focus on the role of the nurse.
This fully illustrated second edition remains the essential reference guide for nurses working in all acute areas, as well as general nurses and students learning about ECGs for the first time.
- One of the only ECG texts written by a nurse specifically for nurses
- Written by an expert in the field
- Easy-to-access information, full of practical advice
- Essential for nurses working and studying in intensive care, high dependency units, theatre, theatre recovery coronary care units, medical wards and accident and emergency.
- Case studies and discussion of real ECGs throughout.
New to this edition
- Fully updated throughout with up-to-date guidelines and procedures
- Includes new guidelines on management of cardiac arrest arrhythmias
- Case studies added to all chapters
Author(s): Philip Jevon
Series: Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses
Edition: 2
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 298
ECGs for Nurses, Second Edition......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
1: The Conduction System in the Heart......Page 9
2: Principles of ECG Monitoring......Page 18
3: ECG Interpretation of Cardiac Arrhythmias......Page 48
4: Cardiac Arrhythmias Originating in the SA Node......Page 58
5: Cardiac Arrhythmias Originating in the Atria......Page 80
6: Cardiac Arrhythmias Originating in the AV Junction......Page 104
7: Cardiac Arrhythmias Originating in the Ventricles......Page 122
8: Cardiac Arrhythmias with Atrioventricular Block......Page 143
9: Cardiac Arrhythmias Associated with Cardiac Arrest......Page 163
10: Recording a 12 Lead ECG......Page 177
11: Interpreting a 12 Lead ECG......Page 190
12: Management of Peri-arrest Arrhythmias......Page 228
13: Record Keeping......Page 251
Appendix......Page 257
Index......Page 294
