Nursing Assessment And Care Of The Cardiac Patient

Course overview

This lesson is designed for Registered nurses in the long term care setting. At the completion of this lesson learners will be able to Identify basic anatomy of the heart, describe what is included in a nursing history of the cardiac system,differentiate normal and abnormal findings on cardiac assessment, describe laboratory findings indicative of cardiac abnormality, identify non-invasive studies that are used to evaluate cardiac function and identify invasive studies that are used to evaluate cardiac function. This lesson is a Continuing Education Offering worth 1.0 Contact Hours.