1. Organization, design, and implementation of an interventional cardiology patient care unit.
- Author
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Mooney JF, Huttner C, Werkema J, Martin S, Dixon M, and Mooney MR
- Subjects
- Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary psychology, Consumer Behavior, Hospital Design and Construction, Hospital Units standards, Humans, Nursing Staff, Hospital education, Patient Education as Topic, Workforce, Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary nursing, Hospital Units organization & administration
- Abstract
We have described the major steps required to open a new ICPCU. The unit allows for a comprehensive standardized approach to the education of patients undergoing interventional cardiology procedures and offers the optimal setting for nursing research in the field of interventional cardiology and cardiovascular nursing. Primarily, the advent of this unit has supported the implementation of primary nursing, allowed for optimal continuity of patient care, and contributed to a decrease in the length of hospital stay of these patients and an increase in patient and family satisfaction.
- Published
- 1990