PATIENT EDUCATION: PREPARING THE PATIENT FOR CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION

Course overview

Cardiac catheterization is an invasive imaging procedure in which a catheter is inserted into a blood vessel through a plastic introducer sheath and, using fluoroscopy, is guided through the vessel to the coronary arteries. This continuing education module is designed to give the reader/learner an increased understanding of the procedure for providing patient education about cardiac catheterization, including a step-by-step process and the benefits of patient education on this topic. Readers may explore any or all of the topics. One contact hour of continuing education credit is available for those who successfully complete the post-test and evaluation form.