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The movement of nursing into the specialty of hyperbaric medicine is relatively new and has occurred within the last 47 years. During this time, a professional organization was formed, a certification examination created, and two textbooks dedicated to hyperbaric nursing were published. Nursing has defined its unique role in this specialty, impacted the education of the patient, developed nursing interventions specific for the patient undergoing treatment under hyperbaric conditions, and performed research to answer questions relevant to advancing the field. This chapter is the journey of hyperbaric nursing, an overview of the specialty with a focus on nursing interventions and patient education.
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Larson-Lohr, V.A. (2017). Nursing and Hyperbaric Medicine. In: Textbook of Hyperbaric Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47140-2_37
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