This excellent text presents all the essential background information for a thorough understanding of the nurses role in each procedure of vascular surgery. Standards of patient care are discussed within the nursing process framework, providing relevantinformation such as health history, physical exam, diagnostic tests, preoperative nursing care, anesthesia, patient teaching, and postoperative management. The heart of the text focuses on more than a dozen surgical procedures, accompanied by full-colour illustrations clearly illustrating key steps of each procedure.