Driving in ICD Recipients — New European Recommendations

Norekvål, Tone M.; Vijgen, Johan

doi:10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2010.01.003

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“…Adherence to driving restrictions needs to be maximized. As nurses play a key role in discharge education and follow-up of patients and family (Norekval and Vijgen, 2010), they can encourage patients to adhere to driving restrictions. Notably, however, the majority of nurses in our study…”

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Temporal trend analysis of nurses' knowledge about implantable cardioverter defibrillators

Norekvål

Peersen

Seivaag

et al. 2014

Nursing in Critical Care

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Over an 8-year period, despite the increased usage of ICDs, overall nurses had a lack of knowledge in relation to specific key clinical issues on the care of ICD patients. As a consequence, these patients may fail to receive qualified care. Future research should assess knowledge of other health care professionals and focus on interventions that increase and maintain an appropriate knowledge level in care of ICD patients. Relevance to clinical practice The level of nurses' knowledge on care of patients with ICDs needs to be systematically raised in order to ensure appropriate counselling and nursing care.

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