Nursing care of the client requiring percutaneous coronary intervention.

The scope of interventions for a wide variety of cardiac conditions and the research basis for practice are continuing to expand at a phenomenal rate. Nurses need to be actively engaged in all phases of the research process,to address ongoing questions of interest to continually improve client care. New research findings, building on an understanding of the foundations for interventional cardiology practice, are key to providing the highest quality of nursing care for this unique client population.