Nursing Care Related to the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems MD0917

DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
LESSON 1
	Section I. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
		1-1. INTRODUCTION
		1-2. THE HEART
		1-3. FLOW OF BLOOD THROUGH THE HEART
		1-4. BLOOD AND NERVE SUPPLY OF THE HEART
		1-5. BLOOD VESSELS
		1-6. PULSE AND BLOOD PRESSURE
		1-7. LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
	Section II. DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES
		1-8. INTRODUCTION
		1-9. GENERAL PREPARATORY MEASURES FOR PROCEDURES PERFORMED OFF THE NURSING UNIT
		1-10. GENERAL NURSING CARE DURING DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES PERFORMED ON THE NURSING UNIT
		1-11. GENERAL NURSING CARE FOLLOWING DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES
		1-12. FLUOROSCOPY
		1-13. INTRAVENOUS ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY
		1-14. AORTOGRAM
		1-15. CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION
		1-16. ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
		1-17. STRESS TEST
		1-18. BLOOD STUDIES
		1-19. PULSE
		1-20. BLOOD PRESSURE
	Section III. CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
		1-21. CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
		1-22. RISK FACTORS.
		1-23. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
		1-24. CORONARY HEART DISEASE
		1-25. ANGINA PECTORIS
		1-26. ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
		1-27. HEART FAILURE
		1-28. HYPERTENSION
		1-29. VALVE DISORDERS
		1-30. INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
	Section IV. NURSING CARE OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PATIENT
		1-31. INTRODUCTION
		1-32. PREOPERATIVE CARE
		1-33. POSTOPERATIVE CARE
		1-34. COMPLICATIONS OF CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
		1-35. THROMBOPHLEBITIS
		1-36. EMBOLISM
		1-37. ANTICOAGULANT DRUG THERAPY IN THROMBOPHLEBITIS AND EMBOLISM
		1-38. CARDIAC TAMPONADE
		1-39. RENAL FAILURE
		1-40. MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
		Section V. SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
		1-41. CARDIAC ARREST
		1-42. THE PARAPROFESSIONAL ROLE
		1-43. CODE
		1-44. CONCLUSION
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 2
	Section I. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
		2-1. INTRODUCTION
		2-2. THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
		2-3. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
		2-4. PHYSIOLOGY OF RESPIRATION
		2-5. MECHANICS OF RESPIRATION
	Section II. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
		2-6. NOSE AND SINUSES
		2-7. MOUTH AND THROAT
		2-8. RESPIRATIONS
		2-9. ABNORMAL RESPIRATIONS
		2-10. CHEST AUSCULTATION
	Section III. DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES
		2-11. LABORATORY STUDIES
		2-12. OTHER STUDIES
	Section IV. SPECIAL NURSING MANAGEMENT
		2-13. COUGHS AND DEEP BREATHE
		2-14. PERCUSSION
		2-15. PRECAUTIONS
		2-16. PERCUSSION PROCEDURE
		2-17. INCENTIVE SPIROMETRY
		2-18. OXYGEN THERAPY
		2-19. NASOPHARYNGEAL AND OROPHARYNGEAL SUCTIONING
		2-20. ENDOTRACHEAL SUCTIONING
		2-21. ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
		2-22. MECHANICAL VENTILATION
	Section V. PULMONARY
		2-23. THORACENTESIS
		2-24. CHEST TUBE INSERTION
		2-25. WATER-SEAL CHEST DRAINAGE
		2-26. CARING FOR THE PATIENT WITH WATER-SEAL CHEST DRAINAGE
	Section VI. DISORDERS INVOLVING THE UPPER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
		2-27. EPISTAXIS
		2-28. ALLERGIC RHINITIS
		2-29. SINUSITIS
		2-30. PHARYNGITIS
		2-31. TONSILITIS
		2-32. LARYNGITIS
		2-33. ACUTE CORYZA
		2-34. CARE FOLLOWING SURGERY OF THE NOSE
		2-35. TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY
		2-36. LARYNGECTOMY
		2-37. TRACHEOSTOMY
		2-38. TRACHEOSTOMY NURSING CARE
		2-39. PERFORMING TRACHEOSTOMY SUCTIONING
		2-40. PERFORMING TRACHEOSTOMY CARE
	Section VII. DISORDERS INVOLVING THE LOWER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
		2-41. PLEURISY
		2-42. PLEURAL EFFUSION
		2-43. ATELECTASIS
		2-44. CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE.
		2-45. PNEUMONIA
		2-46. PULMONARY EMBOLISM
		2-47. PULMONARY EDEMA
		2-48. PNEUMOTHORAX AND HEMOTHORAX
		2-49. THORACIC SURGERY
		2-50. CONCLUSION
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
	COMMENT SHEET