The role
What a cardiac nurse actually does, day to day.
As a cardiac nurse, you care for people with heart conditions and heart disease. You work in hospital wards, clinics and sometimes in rehabilitation centres, helping patients get better and managing their care. You need to understand how the heart works, spot when something is wrong, and know what to do quickly if someone is in danger.
Every day you'll check on patients, monitor machines that show how their heart is working, give medicines on time, and watch carefully for any problems. You'll help prepare people for tests like ECGs and stress tests, and help during heart procedures. You also teach patients about eating healthily, taking exercise, managing stress and taking their medicines correctly. Many people feel scared when they're facing heart problems, so being calm and reassuring is part of your job.
Day to day
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