Cardiovascular nurses are key contributors when it comes to meeting the challenges of cardiovascular disease and enhancing cardiovascular health. Their evidence-based practice focuses on optimizing cardiovascular health across the life span in all practice settings, improving patient outcomes and quality of life, and enhancing the heart health of communities. Staying up to date on the current scope and standards of practice of this specialty is an essential criteria needed to help save lives. The fully revised edition of Cardiovascular Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition is the most comprehensive present-day resource available on this specialty practice. The publication's scope of practice addresses what is expected of all cardiovascular nurses, specifying the who, what, where, when, why and how of cardiovascular nursing. The 16 standards provide a framework for evaluating cardiovascular nursing outcomes and goals for which all cardiovascular nurses are held accountable in their practice. Developed by cardiovascular nurse experts from across the profession who are dedicated to cardiovascular health, Cardiovascular Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition details and discusses all aspects of the competent level of practice and professional performance common to and expected from cardiovascular registered nurses in all practice settings and levels, including the APRN and graduate-prepared RN. -- Provided by publisher.

Scope of cardiovascular nursing practice -- Definition of cardiovascular nursing -- Evolution of cardiovascular nursing scope and standards of practice -- Practice characteristics for cardiovascular nursing -- Educational requirements for cardiovascular nurses -- Advanced practice registered nurses in cardiovascular care -- Continuing professional development and lifelong learning for cardiovascular nurses -- Evidence-based practice and research in cardiovascular nursing -- Ethics in cardiovascular nursing -- Future considerations -- Standards of professional cardiovascular nursing practice -- Signficance of standards -- Standards of practice for cardiovascular nursing -- Standard 1. Assessment -- Standard 2. Diagnosis -- Standard 3. Outcomes identification -- Standard 4. Planning -- Standard 5. Implementation -- Standard 5A. Coordination of care -- Standard 5B. Health teaching and health promotion -- Standard 5C. Consultation -- Standard 5D. Prescriptive Authority -- Standard 6. Evaluation -- Standards of professional performance for cardiovascular nursing -- Standard 7. Ethics -- Standard 8. Education -- Standard 9. Evidence-based practice and research -- Standard 10. Quality of practice -- Standard 11. Communication -- Standard 12. Leadership -- Standard 13. Collaboration -- Standard 14. Professional practice evaluation -- Standard 15. Resource utilization -- Standard 16. Environmental health -- Glossary -- References -- Appendix A. Cardiovascular Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (2008)