title: Nursing diagnoses for automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients.
abstract: The automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) represents an exciting new technological advance in treating patients with recurrent malignant ventricular arrhythmias. The nursing care of patients undergoing this treatment modality requires early identification of nursing diagnoses so that appropriate interventions may be implemented.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Teplitz
mesh_terms: D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D019736:Prostheses and Implants