NCLEX Topics – Cardiovascular Treatments and Tests

The cardiovascular system can be found in Chapter 56 of Saunders – page 755.

Anatomy and Physiology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv3dKgwbJ7U

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1948510-overview

Nursing lecture – www.tplagge.net/courses/Bio235/Lectures/Cardiovascular%20Physiology.ppt

Diagnostic Tests

Cardiac Markers –

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/811905-overview

ECG – see Monday – plus

Here is a great tutor – https://www.practicalclinicalskills.com/ecg-interpretation-tutor

More learning and tests – http://ecg.utah.edu/

Holter monitoring

http://www.healthline.com/health/holter-monitor-24h

Echocardiography

https://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@hcm/documents/downloadable/ucm_300438.pdf

http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/echocardiogram/basics/how-you-prepare/prc-20013918

Stress Test

http://www.healthline.com/health/exercise-stress-test#overview1

MNPI

MRI

Here is a neat slide show that covers a bunch of different procedures (including MRI) https://www.slideshare.net/AmalALharbi2/nursing-prossuders-prepost-interventions

Cardiac Catherization

http://www.snmmi.org/AboutSNMMI/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=986

Therapeutic Management

Great set of flashcards related to this topic – https://quizlet.com/33320551/ati-medical-surgical-unit-4-nursing-care-of-clients-with-cardiovascular-disorders-flash-cards/

PTCA

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/anatomyvideos/000096.htm

https://www.nursingtimes.net/clinical-archive/critical-care/percutaneous-coronary-intervention/205501.article

Laser assisted angioplasty

Coronary Artery Stents

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/test_procedures/cardiovascular/percutaneous_transluminal_coronary_angioplasty_ptca_and_stent_placement_92,P07981/

http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/stents-types-and-uses#1

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2009987-overview

Atherectomy

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/pad-atherectomy

Technical – http://www.thecardiologyadvisor.com/cardiology/rotational-atherectomy/article/584062/

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/161446-overview

Transmyocardial revascularization

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/428355-overview

Coronary Artery bypass grafting

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1893992-overview

Heart Transplant

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/429816-overview

Cardiac dysrhythmias

See previous

Management of dysrhythmias

https://emergencymed.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/dysrhythmia-management/

Cardiac Surgery

Great word document with nursing interventions – www.philadelphia.edu.jo/academics/abatiha/uploads/cardiac%20surgery.doc

Pacemakers

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1839735-overview