title: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis: implications for medical-surgical nurses.
abstract: Nurses are responsible for continual patient evaluation as they address patient needs, provide essential input into evaluation and risk stratification, and make recommendations regarding prevention-oriented strategies (American Health Consultants, 2002a). As a result, nurses are in a pivotal role to prevent VTE. Education about all aspects of VTE prevention should be included in basic nursing programs and must continue throughout a nurse's career through continuing education, reading, and dissemination of information from current health care literature.
authors.affiliation: St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital, Centralia, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Diana M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Beck
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants; D016903:Drug Monitoring / Q000451:nursing; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D053828:Stockings, Compression; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents