Topics About 'Cardiac Nursing'.

As a nurse on the cardiac step-down unit, you have been trained to pay attention to the loud, ever-sounding "ding, ding, ding" of the telemetry (tele) monitor. Sometimes it can be heard as many times as a call light bell on a 30-bed unit over the spa...

One of the most significant diseases affecting America is heart disease. A large amount of information tells us the reasons for most people developing heart disease and what risk factors a person might have that place them at a greater risk for devel...

Cardiac Sarcoidosis To understand what Cardiac Sarcoidosis (CS) is, let's first explain Sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis is an autoimmune disease that causes a collection of immune cells (granulomas) to form in one or many organs which can possibly chang...

It's like a nursing nightmare. Not the kind where you end up in front of the school body naked, but close. There's a patient in rapid atrial fib who keeps climbing out of bed in room 23. A new admit just came up from the cath lab and is cooling their...

Football players understand that injuries are an occupational hazard. But what healthy 24 yr old, much less healthy 24 yr old professional athlete envisions a routine tackle turning into a life-threatening cardiac event? Certainly, neither Damar Ham...