{"title":"Looking past the heart rhythm: continuous ST-segment monitoring for adults.","authors":"Karen Schnell-Hoehn, Lorraine Avery","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Clinical practice guidelines and expert consensus statements are available to guide nursing practice. Research suggests care gaps exist between best practice standards and the clinical reality of day-to-day nursing practice. The purpose of this column is to review the rationale for ST-segment monitoring, indications, preparation and implications for direct patient care.</p>","PeriodicalId":77057,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of cardiovascular nursing = Journal canadien en soins infirmiers cardio-vasculaires","volume":"20 4","pages":"10-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Canadian journal of cardiovascular nursing = Journal canadien en soins infirmiers cardio-vasculaires","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Clinical practice guidelines and expert consensus statements are available to guide nursing practice. Research suggests care gaps exist between best practice standards and the clinical reality of day-to-day nursing practice. The purpose of this column is to review the rationale for ST-segment monitoring, indications, preparation and implications for direct patient care.