you will have 120 min for 75 question

Chapters: 22, 23, 24, 26

 Understand the anatomy and physiology of the heart

 Understand the difference between heart chambers and amount of work each chamber does

 Function of the heart valves, Preload vs afterload

 Myocardial oxygen deficiency- cause and nursing process

 Review cardiac cycle and how its assessed during nursing process

 Cardiac catheterization, nursing intervention

 Effect of parasympathetic nervous system of the heart

 Nursing care of the client with epicarditis

 Pericarditis, cause, clinical manifestation, priority nursing care

 Coumadin, purpose, side effects, patient teaching

 Cholesterol, its advantages and disadvantages, normal values

 Diagnostic studies pertaining to confirmation of cardiac arrest

 Angiogram, patient preparation for the procedure

 Peripheral vascular disease, signs and symptoms, nursing intervention

 Review nursing assessment pertaining to the steps and evaluation of peripheral pulses

 Left –sided heart failure, S&S, nursing intervention and process

 Right –sided HF – S&S, nursing process

 Mitral valve prolapses – cause, prevention, client teaching

 Mechanical valve replacement and client safety

 Mitral regurgitation- cause, S&S, disease progression, priority nursing care

 Aortic stenosis – cause, S&S, disease progression, priority nursing care

 Thrombosis – prevention measures,

 Amiodarone (Cardarone) – purpose, side effects, client teaching, nursing consideration

 Congestive heart failure – nursing process, client’s teaching

 Arrhythmia – nursing assessment, Heart failure – clinical manifestation

 Digoxin – purpose, side effects, client teaching, nursing consideration

 MI – physiology, S&S, nursing considerations

 Angina pectoris – clinical manifestations, priority nursing care, treatment of chest pain

 Aspirin – purpose, side effects, nursing considerations

 Heparin – purpose, side effects, nursing considerations

 Post-operative client – nursing process, priority nursing care

 Peripheral venous disease – clinical manifestation, client teaching

 Chronic venous insufficiency - nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, intervention, evaluation)

 Atrial obstruction – pathophysiology, what and how it happens

 Nitroglycerin – purpose, side effects, patient teaching, nursing considerations

 Bumex and Norvasc – purpose, side-effects, nursing priority care, patient teaching

 Complications of hypertension

 Client teaching on prevention of MI

 Raynauds syndrome – clinical manifestations, client teaching

 Appropriate heart donor

 Temporary pacemaker- purpose