NURS 3664 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Coronary Catheterization, Thrombolysis, Ejection Fraction
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How the heart fxn in terms of blood flow. Understand age related changes with blood flow, know conduction and sequence (sa node and how it travels) What is atherosclerosis (what causes all the problems we"ve talked about. Cad and modifiable and non modifiable risk factors. Hyperlipidemia and how we treat it --> get familiar with statins and know what they are for, angina and different types. Nitroglycerine (how it"s administered and know side effects) Thrombolytic therapy (tpa) --> who"s a candidate for it (can"t give tpa 3 hours within a cardiac event) Serum cardiac markers (in diagnostic assessment on pg 34 in textbook) Ejection fraction (what would we see if out of range) Pg 725 look at drug therapy (what drug meds are and why people have to take them) Ecg strip = can calculate hr for that. Threw up a strip that has artifacts aka look funky you should know.
