title: Having Heart.
abstract: A heart comes in many forms. This article shares the experience of behavioral health nurses caring for a suicidal patient who needs a heart. As a team, the nurses and their patient shared the journey of what it takes to achieve an optimum quality of life with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) while battling mental illness.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cochrane
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000451:nursing; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*