Cardiac rehabilitation
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Cardiac rehabilitation

Truda Ceglarek
Rosemary Webster Clinical Nurse Specialist, Coronary Care Unit, Leicester General Hospital
David Thompson Lecturer, Department of Unman Sciences, Loughborough University of Technology
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Nurses now play a central role in the rehabilitation programme for coronary care unit patients and their partners at Leicester General Hospital

The Coronary Rehabilitation Programme at Leicester General Hospital has operated since 1987. Before this, efforts were limited to exercise under the guidance of a physiotherapist, with nurses on hand to record pulse rates and observe for problems. From this background, a comprehensive programme of in-hospital and outpatient rehabilitation has emerged offering exercise, relaxation, education

Nursing Standard. 6, 29, 55-56. doi: 10.7748/ns.6.29.55.s59

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08 April 1992 / Vol 6 issue 29

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