The Heart in Detail (Lockett HS 075375)

Course overview

- Did you ever wonder why your patient with a myocardial infarction will have dyspnea? - Or have a hard time explaining how beta-blockers work? - Or become confused about ejection fractions, let alone hemodynamics? If you have a hard time explaining to your patients about which blood vessel perfuses what part of the heart, or why they have an arrhythmia, or how their heart failure is causing their kidney problems, then you need to go back to the basics with the help of a mentor who can really make the information easy and understandable. With years of nursing experience, your brain has learned to classify your professional information into “file folders” based on your clinical experiences. Now, when you go back to learn these concepts, your brain will put the information into the correct “folder” to use the next time you encounter a patient with that problem. In other words, you will retain the information now that you have a way to organize it. Understanding the essential concepts of cardiac anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology will help you find patient complications faster and respond to them more appropriately. In addition: - You will communicate more effectively with physicians and your peers - You will feel more confident - You will provide safer and more effective care