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Master comprehensive cardiovascular nursing concepts through this medical-surgical course covering anatomy, physiology, and clinical management of heart and blood vessel disorders. Explore fundamental cardiovascular anatomy and physiology, including heart conduction systems, cardiac function, and blood pressure regulation, before advancing to hematologic components like blood composition and hemostasis. Learn essential nursing skills for IV catheter management, blood transfusion procedures, and cardiovascular diagnostic testing including laboratory values and coronary angiograms. Develop expertise in managing fluid and electrolyte imbalances, including sodium, calcium, potassium, and magnesium disorders, alongside acid-base balance disturbances. Study cardiac dysrhythmias, cardiovascular interventions like cardioversion and pacemaker management, and complex conditions such as heart failure, valvular heart disease, infective endocarditis, and rheumatic carditis. Examine inflammatory cardiac conditions including pericarditis, cardiac tamponade, and cardiomyopathy, while understanding vascular disorders like atherosclerosis, hypertension, and peripheral arterial disease. Investigate specialized conditions including aneurysms, Buerger's disease, Raynaud's phenomenon, and venous complications such as thromboembolism and varicose veins. Analyze emergency cardiovascular situations including various types of shock, angina management, and myocardial infarction care with percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass graft procedures. Conclude with hematologic disorders including different types of anemia, sickle cell disease, polycythemia, and coagulation disorders such as hemophilia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, and disseminated intravascular coagulation.
