Cardiac Vascular Nurse Exam - Secrets Study Guide.epub

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The Cardiac/Vascular exam is extremely challenging and thorough test preparation is essential for success. Cardiac/Vascular Nurse Exam Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the Cardiac/Vascular exam.

Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the Cardiac/Vascular exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer.

Cardiac/Vascular Nurse Exam Secrets Study Guide includes:
A thorough review for the Cardiac/Vascular Nurse Exam
A breakdown of assessment and diagnosis
An analysis of planning and implementation
A guide to evaluation
An examination of Cardiac/Vascular education for patients, families, or groups
An in-depth look at professional role performance
It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam.

The Assessment and Diagnosis section includes:
Methods of questioning that encourage the patient to give an accurate, in-depth personal history
General order of procedure for a physical examination
Risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease
Qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection
Aneurysms
Antherosclerosis
Cardiomyopathy
Type I, II and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
The Planning and Implementation section includes:
AHA practice guidelines regarding chronic heart failure
Alternative therapies for cardiovascular patients
Role of a case manager
Nursing diagnoses for common arrhythmias
Aneurysm treatment
Cardiomyophathy treatment and prevention
Congestive heart failure treatment and prevention
Treatment and prevention of hypertension
The Evaluation section includes:
Complications and prognosis
Medications that can cause variations in the effectiveness of digoxin
Medications and foods that may alter the effectiveness of Lipitor
Risks associated with vascular repair
Benefits of cardia rehabilitation
Subacute care facilities
End-of-life care related to heart failure
The Cardiac/Vascular Education for Patients, Families, or Groups section includes:
Qualities of an excellent nurse-teacher
Adult learning
Self-efficacy theory of learning
Conditions and motivations that encourage learning
Individual verses group teaching sessions
Patient and family teaching
Crisis
The Professional Role Performance section includes:
Legal regulation of nursing practice
Code of ethics for nurses as defined by the American Nuses Association
Difference between licensure and certification
Consumerism, paternalism and patient advocacy approaches toward promoting change
Positive attributes of a mentor
Effective communication
Basic keys to providing competent and culturally sensitive nursing care
These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the Cardiac/Vascular exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language.