High-yield modules

Medical-surgical nursing: cardiac and respiratory disorders

Recognize the problem, act first, and monitor the response: heart, rhythm, blood pressure, shock, airway and lung disease. A study guide for US nursing students. Covers Chest pain and MI, heart failure, valvular disease basics, shock states and hemodynamics in words, hypertension crisis, dysrhythmias *by rule* (rate/rhythm descriptions and actions; no strip images), COPD, asthma, pneumonia, TB, PE, ARDS, chest tubes (rules), oxygen delivery devices and flow, tracheostomy care steps..