Overview
Is the only comprehensive and practical book to address nursing care in congenital heart disease
Discusses the theoretical and practical basis of technical nursing
Focuses on the transition from pediatric to adult care and on self care patients with CHD
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Congenital heart disease is a disorder that is present at birth, and studies show that the incidence is around eight cases per thousand live births. The heart is formed during the first four - ten weeks of gestation, and alterations to this process can affect normal development, leading to heart defects. There are various types of heart defects: abnormalities that affect a single part of the heart (for example a valve) but also, highly complex abnormalities where there is severe damage to the cardiac architecture. The seriousness of the disease and the effects on child health vary: some forms have no real impact on child health and allow a normal life, while others are incompatible with life.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Serena Francesca Flocco, RN, MsN(s) Coordinator Nurse of Congenital Pediatric and Adult Heart Outpatient Clinic, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy. Adjunct professor of Nursing at University of Milan and Supervisor of Nursing Undergraduate programs at University of Milan. She leads Nursing Scientific Projects “AICCA Onlus” (Associazione italiana dei Cardiopatici Congeniti Adulti. She is an Affiliate member of the Italian Society of Pediatric Cardiology.
Angelo Lillo, RN Mentor on student nurses in Level I II° center of Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Unit of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Research EBN: currently involved in the research of the management of central venous catheters. Manager of Staff Training, Manager of Biomedical equipment. National Coordinator of Affiliates members of the Italian Society of Pediatric Cardiology.Federica Dellafiore, RN, MSN, PhD(c) Doctoral student at University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy). Research nurse at the Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy. Adjunct professor of Nursing at University of Milan, Thesis supervisor at University of Milan, Supervisor of Nursing Undergraduate programs at University of Milan, Affiliate member of the Italian Society of Pediatric Cardiology.
Eva Goossens, PhD, RN is a Post-doctoral fellow at the Academic Center for Nursing and Midwifery (KU Leuven) and the Research Foundation Flanders, FWO Brussels Belgium, chair of Belgian Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing (BWGCVN) and Science Committee Member of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (CCNAP).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Congenital Heart Disease
Book Subtitle: The Nursing Care Handbook
Editors: Serena Francesca Flocco, Angelo Lillo, Federica Dellafiore, Eva Goossens
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78423-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78421-2Published: 21 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78423-6Published: 07 December 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 303
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nursing, Cardiology, Pediatric Surgery, Emergency Medicine