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NURSING Management & Leadership

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Program Development A Guide for the Heart Team 1st Edition By Marian C. Hawkey, RN , is Director of TAVR Clinical Research at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center in New York City; Elizabeth M. Perpetua, DNP , is Principal Consultant at EMPath Health Services — Perpetua Associates, in Seattle, Washington; Sandra Lauck, PhD, RN , is a scientist at the Centre for Heart Valve Innovation and Clini- cal Assistant Professor (St Paul’s Hospital and Heart & Stroke Founda- tion Professorship) in Cardiovascular Nursing at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver; Amy Simone DESCRIPTION Launch and cultivate a successful program for the innovative pro- cedure poised to become the standard for patients with aortic ste- nosis (AS) with Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement [TAVR]

Program Development: A Guide for the Heart Team . Written by leaders in the field, this clinical instruc- tion manual is the first to consolidate evidence, guidelines and best practices for the TAVR care pathway from referral to follow-up. This is a must-have for clinicians — nurses, physicians and allied health pro- fessionals — as well as administrative leadership and staff involved in TAVR programs. FEATURES The text offers a comprehensive view of the TAVR program organized to support staff and quality, and positioned to grow on pace with evolving indications, regulations, technology and patient needs: ▶ ▶ Foundational Knowledge —AS clinical presentation, disease progression, historical perspective and current practice ▶ ▶ Multidisciplinary Care — Heart Team, Valve Program Clinician, procedural staff, valve clinic, hospital-based care, partnership with primary care and referring providers ▶ ▶ Patient Evaluation — symptoms, medical history, social determinants of health, diagnostic imaging, echocardiography and computerized tomography, risk stratification ▶ ▶ Heart Team Shared Decision Making — case selection, real-world patient scenarios for shared decision-making, risk-predictive tools, considerations for specific conditions — anatomical challenges, low-gradient AS, mitral valve disease, frailty, pulmonary disease, kidney disease, dementia ▶ ▶ Procedural Care and Clinical Pathways — specific, detailed examples of procedure plans, order sets, emergency planning, peri-procedural communication and handoffs, post-procedure care pathways, discharge planning ▶ ▶ Program Optimization and Evaluation — strategies and tactics for education and communication, staffing considerations, waitlist management, scheduling challenges, measurement of clinical outcomes, patient experience, adherence to indications, regulatory compliance, quality registry reporting

Softbound / ISBN: 978-1-9751-0522-8 / ($129.99 / £98.00 / €112.00) World Approx. 280 pp. / Approx. 1 2-Color Illus. / 45 in Full Color / Approx. 50 Tables / 6 x 9 / March 2019

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