Category Archives: Cardiac Nursing

A Q&A with Maridee Shogren, the College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines new dean Editors note: Maridee Shogren was named dean of the College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines in November after serving as interim dean of the college for 10 months. During her Q&A with UND Today, Dean Shogren talked about her long and varied career in nursing and education, addressing current worker shortages in the professions under her colleges umbrella, and CNPDs ambitious plans for the future. **** Tell me a little bit about your history with nursing. Continue reading →

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This post expresses the views and opinions of the author(s) and not necessarily that of Towson Patch management or staff. Towson Skilled Nursing Facility Advances Comprehensive Care and Services Building on its commitment to comprehensive care and services, Orchard Hill Rehabilitation & Healthcare Centerin Towson recently earnedthe American Heart Associations (AHAs) new Skilled Nursing Facility Heart Failure Certification. Located at 111 West Road, the 134-bed center provides post-hospital care, short-term rehab and long-term residential care. Continue reading →

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The staff at a central Iowa funeral home was surprised when a woman who was believed to be dead, turned out to be alive.KCCI received a tip earlier this week about the incident and has spent days working to confirm details.The Ankeny Fire Department told KCCI, its crews were called to the Ankeny Funeral Home and Crematory on West First Street, around 8:30 a.m. on Jan Continue reading →

Cardiovascular Assessment: Introduction My previous cardiac related articles discussed blood flow through the four heart chambers, the hearts conduction system as well as ECG interpretations. Continue reading →

Use this nursing care plan guide to help you create nursing interventions for decreased cardiac output nursing diagnosis. The nursing diagnosis decreased cardiac output occurs if the blood pumped by the heart does not meet the metabolic demands of the body. Continue reading →

This is part 2 of NANDA nursing diagnoses for various disease conditions of the Cardiovascular System. Use the table of contents to jump the part you need. Continue reading →

Introduction Telemetry is an observation tool that allows continuous ECG, RR, SpO2 monitoring while the patient remains active without the restriction of being attached to a bedside cardiac monitor. The patient group requiring telemetry are children diagnosed with a known/unknown arrhythmia, children at risk of an arrhythmia, or children anticipated to be at risk of sudden cardiac deterioration Continue reading →

If you want to work in healthcare or are currently enrolled in a degree program, you may wonder what certifications and requirements you need to meet. You may or may not have encountered the acronym ACLS during your search Continue reading →