Surgery Open Heart: A Surgical Nurse Guides You Through Open Heart Surgery

Learn Step by Step the Entire Experience of Open Heart Surgery There are benefits and risks involved in every surgery, especially one as important as open heart surgery. By following the up-to-date guidelines in this book, you can minimize your risks and achieve a great outcome from your cardiac surgery.A surgical nurse with over 20 years of operating room experience guides you through your open heart surgery. Understand each step of the process, from your diagnosis, tests, surgery, and recovery -- to what you can expect the day you finally return home. Learn about all the healthcare providers you will encounter. What are their roles? What are their expectations of you? Who is the best?This book answers all those questionsThe truth is, surgery is scary. Open heart surgery is probably ranked as one of the most frightening surgeries -- it is an unknown to most people. The very thought of heart surgery creates fear and anxiety in most people: Am I going to make it through this operation?