CARDIAC PATIENT

Incident of Cardiac Patient in the Families

Abstract

Patients waiting for cardiac surgery experience the period from decision about surgery to the operation as long, heavy and dreary. The aim is to describe patients' experiences of support in the form of important events during the waiting period. The design is quantitative and the 'critical incident' technique used. Incidents will be collected via interviews with 26 patients waiting for heart surgery. The selection of patients is strategic.

In all, 223 important events, both positive and negative, will be identified in the interviews and two main areas emerged in the analysis: internal factors and external factors. Internal factors describe how an experience of support is influenced by changes in life style and by finding strength from within. External factors describe how experiences of support will influenced by being allowed to participate in care management, by receiving attention, as well as by the health care organization and the social network.

By identifying factors that influence patients ' experiences of support while they wait for heart surgery, institutional and non-institutional health-care services can improve the organization of the entire health care process, and develop patient -focused support programs.

Communication between health-care personnel/institutions and patients is often inadequate. An important implication for the health care system is that both primary health care and hospital staff need a better understanding of patients ' experiences of needs before cardiac surgery, so that they can provide them with the information and support they really need. The findings from this study can be used to design an intervention programme aimed at improving the situation of the heart surgery patient and their next of kin.

Table of Contents

Background4

Common Heart Diseases7

Anatomy of cardiac sympathetic nerves12

Cardiac sympathetic denervation in Lewy body disease12

Risk Factors Maternal14

The Patient Found Strength17

How The Life And Way Of Living Of The Patient Changed20

Aim of Study21

Hypothesis21

Design21

Informants22

Data collection23

Table 2. Interview guide24

Data analyses25

Findings26

Limits of study28

Ethical Consideration29

The Patient will Given Attention29

The Patient took part in the Care30

The Patient will Dissatisfied with the Organization of the Health-Care System31

The Social Network will not Supportive33

Conclusion and research implications34

References37

Incident of cardiac patient in the families

Background

Heart disease is a general term that refers to a variety of acute and chronic medical conditions that affect one or more of the components of the heart. The heart is a muscular, fist-sized organ that is located in the left side of the chest cavity. It continuously pumps blood, beating as many as 100,000 times a day. The blood that the heart moves carries oxygen and nutrients throughout the body and transports carbon dioxide and other wastes to the lungs, kidneys, and liver for removal. The heart ensures its own oxygen supply through a set of coronary arteries and veins( Keegan 2008). The heart is also an endocrine organ that produces the hormones atrial natriuretic hormone (ANP) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), which coordinate heart function with blood vessels and the kidneys.

Internally, the heart is essentially hollow. It is divided vertically into two halves by a septum, and each side of the ...