Development of an education program on postcardiac catheterization care for ambulatory care nurses.
One of the responsibilities of clinical educators is to identify learning needs of staff and to develop education programs to meet those needs. A new outpatient diagnostic cardiac catheterization program required patients to be transferred postprocedure to the short procedure unit until discharge. The author describes the development, the implementation, and the evaluation of an education program on postcardiac catheterization care for ambulatory care nurses as well as initiation of a new care program postcardiac catheterization.
Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Upland, Pennsylvania, USA. harpjp2@verizon.net
John P
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Harper
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010045:Outpatients; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013192:Staff Development; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013997:Time Factors