The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2018a) includes catheter insertion and management for all genders as procedures that a registered nurse must be able to effectively undertake to provide safe ...

The cardiovascular laboratory department at the hospital is centered on the care of a person's heart and blood vessel problems. The cardiac "cath lab," as it's called, has a pre- and post-procedure ...

Distraction methods, such as use of a stress ball, are simple and effective strategies for reducing perceived stress and pain in patients during port catheter needle insertion.

The specialist will insert a small thin tube (called a sheath) into your blood vessels, with another small thin tube inside it called a catheter. They will guide the catheter inside the sheath through ...

LIMA — It may sound like the latest hip coffee house or cocktail spot, but the cath lounge is actually a new setting for heart catheterization. The “lounge” is a living room-like setting at St. Rita’s ...

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The heart is an intricate plumbing system of valves, pumps and pipelike vessels which control the flow of blood throughout the body, and the doctors who specialize in its function, diagnosis and ...

Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute, a world-recognized leader in heart innovation, is now offering bedside transcatheter ...

An indwelling urinary catheter is a commonly used medical device but its use is associated with complications (DH, 2005; 2003). Any patient with a catheter should be reviewed regularly (NICE, 2003) ...

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