Read this article to learn how to conduct an advanced cardiovascular assessment to reveal heart abnormalities and associated symptoms and risk factors. Cardiovascular disease remains one of the ...

'There was not a barrier that she couldn't move out of the way,' Yale New Haven Hospital CNO says of innovator Michele Santoro, RN. With Michele Santoro’s self-described “questioning attitude,” she ...

Cachexia is common in cancer, yet it is poorly understood in noncancer diagnoses. In this article, Carlson and Dahlin review cancer cachexia in cardiac disease. The definition, pathophysiology, and ...

Cardiovascular nurses, armed with information about homocysteine, are well positioned to discuss hyperhomocysteinemia as an emerging risk factor for coronary artery disease with physicians, nurses, ...

It was a real heart-stopping moment for a New Hampshire nurse. A nurse was at a training session for treating cardiac arrest when she experienced the life-threatening condition herself — and her ...

Researchers assessed randomized controlled trials to evaluate the impact of nurse practitioner-led cardiovascular care compared with another cardiovascular healthcare provider. Although the nurse ...

How do you measure the pain of a patient who can't communicate? One researcher studied an observational pain scale in cardiac surgery patients, and found that the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool ...