help with cardiac system!

Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN · Sep 23, 2014

what specifically are you looking for...what confuses you?

kalycat, BSN, RN · Sep 23, 2014

Cincinnati children's has a great online resource for Peds heart defects and stuff. We use it all the time. I use medscape for adult stuff but it doesn't have as much info on the physio and anatomy, if that's what you're looking for.

Lots of good cardiac diagrams out there and 3D images available with a google image search - just use medical style or correct anatomical names as your search parameters and you will tend to get more professional resources/results than those tailored towards lay people. Hope that helps a little!

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bwhiteside · Sep 23, 2014

Bedside Hemodynamic monitoring (intraarterial bp, central venous pressure, pulmonary artery pressure, venous o2 saturation).

kalycat, BSN, RN · Sep 23, 2014

Gotcha. Hmm we seem to use NIRS a lot in addition to our venous and arterial monitoring and have several flowsheets/policies provided by our unit for the things you mentioned since we don't always handle complex cardiac cases. Let me see if I can access them online. I'm a practicum student as well and having resources specific to the monitoring we are doing has been really helpful.

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kalycat, BSN, RN · Sep 23, 2014

I can't access the learning database because I'm not on the intranet. My next shift isn't til Saturday. We just had a mega cardiac pt, too! Sorry! I did find a pretty good powerpoint and PDF that might be helpful to you.

invasivehdmphysprincbook.pdf

invasive_hemodynamic.pdf

AZMOMO2 · Nov 10, 2014

youtube Conrad Fischer videos! awesome content for Nursing School cardiology exams! Taught for doctors trying to pass their boards but it was the exact content taught in my nursing school and I aced this section because of it.