Nurse Teaching Ideas ... I prefer something unique

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Hi Everyone,

Can anyone suggest a good teaching topic relating to heart diseases?

I was thinking of maybe a topic on returning veterans and the link between PTSD and early onset of heart diseases. I prefer an audience that is unique and not often thought of by the health industry.

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.

Since the healthcare industry is focusing on childhood obesity (I think that Mrs. Obama is focusing on this as well), that may be a good topic for discussion. I realize that you are looking for something outside of the norm, but you would be able to generate more interest and have a larger impact on the crisis of this disturbing trend in America if you gave your lecture on this. I can't tell you how many kids we have in the hospital with elevated pressure and type 2 diabetes from obesity.

You could also do a lecture on heart disease in women. If you wanted to have a real "punch", you could possibly do a lecture on the incidence of heart disease in female nurses. THAT would be interesting!

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Specializes in School Nursing.
You could also do a lecture on heart disease in women. If you wanted to have a real "punch", you could possibly do a lecture on the incidence of heart disease in female nurses. THAT would be interesting!

Love this idea!

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

going along with the veteran ptsd and heart disease do something on the little known cause of heart failure/disease stress cardiomyopathy!

very interesting!!!!!!!!!!!!!

takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or broken-heart syndromehttp://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/asc/faqs.html

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