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Caring for a patient with a cardiac disorder

 Cardiac content:
Chapter 29: Cardiac disorders
JVD 838-839 (review from NUR 220)
Assessment (A PET MOUSE) 839-840
Heart sounds (review from NUR 220) 840-842
Murmur 842-845 (stop at health promo)
Monitoring VS (review norms, NUR 210, 220, 380)
Chapter 30: Cardiac conduction
Review anatomy 850-853
ECK/EKG 853-855 (skip bipolar/unipolar leads) (stop at signal averaged EKG)
Bedside monitoring 856-861
NSR 861
Dysrhythmias 862-869 (stop at AV node reentry tachycardia), 872-886
Cardioversion 886
Defibrillation 890
Pacemakers/ICD 890-899
Chapter 31: hemodynamic monitoring
Overview 901-903 (stop at equipment)
Normal pressures 905
Cardiac output 910-911
Invasive monitoring devices
Arterial lines 906
Central venous catheters 908-910
Pulmonary artery catheters (swan-ganz) 911-913 (skip ports, insertion, thermodilution cardiac output)
Chapter 32: Coronary artery disease (and clinical prep)
Cardiac cath & PCI 940-943 (stop at planning & intervention)
Acute coronary syndrome 945-958 (stop at infarct expansion
Nursing management ACS 959-960 (stop at health promo)
Surgical management ACS 964-966 (stop at health promo)
Chapter 34: Heart failure (and clinical prep)
Begin at renin-angiotensin-aldosterone 1029
Medications 1033-1039
Labs/diagnostics 1034-1035
Acute decompensated heart failure 1040-1041 & 1047 (stop at health promo)
Chart 34-9 1049
Chapter 35: Peripheral vascular disorders
Medications (all categories are common meds)
Aortic dissection 1080-1081 (stop at health promo)


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Osborn Chapter 38
Cirrhosis
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