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Appropriate staffing for contemporary cardiac rehabilitation programs demands a multidisciplinary approach. Even if budgetary constraints and/or small patient census justify only a few staff, these professionals must have competencies across various disciplines: medicine, nursing, exercise physiology, physical and occupational therapy, psychology, sociology, pharmacology, and education. Cardiac rehabilitation includes baseline patient assessments, nutritional counseling, aggressive risk factor management (lipids, hypertension, weight, diabetes, and smoking), psychosocial and vocational counseling, and physical activity counseling and exercise training, and the use of appropriate cardio-protective drugs (1). Staff must be able to perform assessments, teach, and provide effective interventions in the following realms: cardiopulmonary and musculoskeletal anatomy, physiology, and pathology; cardiovascular disease risk factors; nutrition; physical functioning and exercise therapy; psychosocial; health behavior; vocational; and pharmacy.
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Lawson, G.J. (2007). Cardiac Rehabilitation Staffing. In: Kraus, W.E., Keteyian, S.J. (eds) Cardiac Rehabilitation. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-452-0_25
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