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The 2013 ACCF/AHA STEMI guideline provides a major revision focusing on patient care changes, quality care implementation, and nursing opportunities in patient education and system protocols.
This review summarizes the 2013 ACCF/AHA STEMI guidelines, highlighting the critical role of nursing in implementing new care processes and patient education.
The "2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines" is a major revision of the 2004 guideline. This article provides a synopsis and review of the guideline focusing on changes in patient care and implementing processes to ensure quality care. The implementation of this guideline provides nursing with a unique opportunity to affect patients and families primarily by recognition of the event and education about lifestyle modification and disease management. Regionalization of emergency systems provides a novel situation for nursing to develop interdepartmental and system protocols.
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Helen F. Brown (2014) conducted a review in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction was evaluated. The 2013 ACCF/AHA STEMI guideline provides a major revision focusing on patient care changes, quality care implementation, and nursing opportunities in patient education and system protocols.
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