Coronary Angiogram: Nursing Care

After a patient returns from a Coronary Angiogram, check the insertion site for bleeding, check the neurovascular status of the extremity distal to the puncture site, and instruct the patient to lie flat for 4 - 6 hours.

After a patient returns from a Coronary Angiogram, check the insertion site for bleeding, check the neurovascular status (pulses, capillary refill, temperature, color) of the extremity distal to the puncture site, and instruct the patient to lie flat for 4 - 6 hours.

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