Preventive Cardiovascular Nursing

Sandra B. Dunbar, RN, PhD is the Charles Howard Candler Professor Emerita of Cardiovascular Nursing and former Senior Associate Dean of Academic Advancement. in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. and adjunct professor in the School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.  She has focused her program of research on improving outcomes for complex cardiovascular patients and their families and with interdisciplinary colleagues, she has led NIH, AHA and other funded clinical trials that developed and tested interventions to improve self-care and quality of life, reduce cardiovascular risk and psychosocial distress in both CV patients and their family caregivers, and create cost-effective approaches that reduce health resource use. She has successfully mentored doctoral students, postdoctoral trainees, and junior faculty, and has served as the Director of a T32 on Improving outcomes in Chronic Conditions, and served as the Training Director for the AHA funded SFRN Emory-Morehouse Center for Cardiovascular Health Disparities (MECA). Her leadership spans multiple professional nursing and interdisciplinary organizations in that she has served as Chair of the Council of Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing of the American Heart Association (AHA), chair of the Nursing Council of the Heart Failure Society of America, President of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, and President of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nursing Association.  She is an elected fellow in the AHA, the American Academy of Nursing, and PCNA.  She has published widely in nursing and interdisciplinary journals and has presented her work including topics of prevention at local, national, and international scientific meetings. 

Lynne T. Braun, PhD is Professor Emerita in the Department of Adult Health and Gerontological Nursing, Rush University College of Nursing. For over 22 years, she practiced as a nurse practitioner in the Rush Heart Center for Women where she focused on prevention. Currently, she serves as consultant to the Rush Heart Center for Women. Braun's clinical and research interests include cardiovascular risk reduction, exercise, cardiac rehabilitation, hyperlipidemia and hypertension management. She is a Diplomate of the Accreditation Council of Clinical Lipidology. She served as co-investigator for three research grants funded by the National Institutes of Health, most recently, a study entitled, "Reducing Health Disparity in African American Women: Adherence to Physical Activity." She is a co-author of five AHA/ACC Scientific Statements, the AHA/ACC statement on Performance Measures for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, and three AHA clinical practice guidelines, including the 2018 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol. She chaired the AHA policy statement on Palliative Care in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke. Braun is an editorial board member for the Journal of Clinical Lipidology and a reviewer for numerous other journals.  Braun has been an active volunteer for the American Heart Association since 1980 in numerous capacities. She is Past President of the Midwest Region Board of Directors and Past Chairperson of the Illinois Advocacy Committee. Nationally, Braun is the Past Chairperson of the Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing. She is Past President of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. She is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, the American Heart Association, the National Lipid Association, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association.  She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Gold Heart Award from the American Heart Association and the Marie Hippensteel Lingeman Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice from Sigma Theta Tau International.

Preface.- Section I:  Perspectives on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.- Chapter 1:  Introduction and Prevention Framework.- Chapter 2:  Biological Pathways of Risk.- Chapter 3:  Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Health.- Section II:  The spectrum of Cardiovascular Risk.- Chapter 4:  Traditional Risk Factors.- Chapter 5:   Behavioral Risk Factors.- Chapter 6:   Psychosocial Risk Factors.- Chapter 7:  Women-Specific Risk Factors.- Chapter 8: Other Chronic Conditions That Increase Cardiovascular Risk.- Chapter 9: Emerging Risk Factors.- Chapter 10: Comprehensive Risk Assessment.- Section 3: Interventions for Cardiovascular Risk Prevention.- Chapter 11:  Introduction to Behavior Change.- Chapter 12:  Physical Activity.- Chapter 13:  Nutrition.- Chapter 14:  Smoking, Alcohol and Substance Cessation.- Chapter 15: Weight loss.- Chapter 16:  Overview of Pharmacotherapies for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.- Chapter 17: Sleep Promotion.- Chapter 18:  Promoting Mental Health and Stress Reduction.- Section 4: Special Populations.- Chapter 19:  Ancestry Groups.- Chapter 20:  Men.- Chapter 21:  Women (focus on specific conditions that preferentially affect women).- Chapter 22:  Adults with Congenital Heart Disease.- Chapter 23:  Prevention in Children and Young Adults.- Chapter 24:  Midlife-and Aging Adult Considerations.- Section 5:  Leadership and Enhanced Roles for Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses.- Chapter 25: Nursing Roles.- Chapter 26: Nursing Practice Settings.- Chapter 27:  Evidence Based Practice for Prevention.- Chapter 28:  Health Policy and Advocacy for Cardiovascular Prevention: Nursing's Role.