Chest tube removal after cardiac surgery

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Feb 1997 English Publisher:AACN PublishingJournal:Critical Care Nurse, volume 17, pages 34-38 (issn: 0279-5442, eissn: 1940-8250,

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Authors: S C, Thomson; S, Wells; M, Maxwell;

doi: 10.4037/ccn1997.17.1.34

pmid: 9136316

Chest tube removal after cardiac surgery

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Abstract

Prompt remove of chest tubes by RNs has allowed earlier and more aggressive ambulation of our patients and, along with other interventions, has decreased length of stay by 1.5 days while improving quality of care. Proper education, both didactic and clinical, is the key component in preparing RNs to safely and effectively perform this procedure.

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Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
United States

Keywords

Chest Tubes, Suture Techniques, Humans, Postoperative Period, Cardiac Surgical Procedures

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