title: Strategies for motivating CCU patients.
abstract: Changes in health care delivery have led to shorter hospital stays for sicker patients. These factors require the critical care nurse to become involved in rehabilitation. Cardiac patients, once stable, begin the cardiac rehabilitation program while in critical or intermediate care. This article discusses ways in which critical care nurses improve the motivation of medical and surgical patients with cardiac conditions to participate in cardiac rehabilitation.
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authors.lastname: Jairath
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003422:Critical Care; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D010347:Patient Care Planning