Nursing education and implications for left ventricular assist device destination therapy

Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing
Elaine BondKarl Nelson

Abstract

The HeartMate VE Left Ventricular Assist Device (vented electric abdominally positioned pulsatile blood pump; Thoratec Corp., Pleasanton, CA), approved as a permanent support, or destination therapy, by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2002 and Medicare in 2003, is now a potential therapy for numerous patients. Postimplantation nursing care is crucial to the success of left ventricular support device therapy and long-term recipient outcome. Nurses also contribute to cost containment, making this a viable treatment for the facility and the patient. Consequently, nurses must be educated about left ventricular assist device concepts and challenges, the benefits of device placement, intensive care unit and postintensive care unit daily care requirements, and outpatient preparation. This knowledge will enable nurses to provide necessary care and to educate recipients, families, and community health care providers on how to give appropriate posthospital care.

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