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Care of the Patient

With Critical Cardiac

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this chapter, the student will be able to:
1 Identify nursing assessment skills needed to assess the cardiovascular (CV)
system.
2 Use diagnostic and laboratory procedures to determine CV status.
3 Explain various advanced procedural skills needed for CV assessment.

4 Describe nursing care of patients requiring hemodynamic monitoring.
5 Identify medications commonly used to care for a patient with complex
CV needs.
6 Prioritize nursing care needed to safely care for patients with complex
medical and surgical conditions.
7 Analyze a given case study of complex medical and surgical CV conditions.

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