Cardiac / Vascular Nurse Exam Secrets Study Guide: Cardiac / Vascular Nurse Test Review for the Cardiac / Vascular Nurse Exam 1 Stg edition

***Includes Practice Test Questions***

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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.