02.02 Cardiomyopathy for CCRN Review
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Study Tools For 02.02 Cardiomyopathy for CCRN Review
Outline
Nursing Points
General
- Cardiomyopathy
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Treatment = Digoxin
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- AKA hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
- AKA idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis
- Large ventricular septum
- Blocks filling of ventricle with blood = less cardiac output
- Treatment
- Beta-blocker
- Calcium channel blocker
- Decrease contractility to allow more fill
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Lower chambers of the ventricles are tight and do not expand properly as they fill with blood =so the chambers do not fill with enough blood
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
CCRN Review (Critical Care Certification Review)
This course is a review for the CCRN exam. Experienced critical care nurses that meet the testing criteria can use this course to review key concepts for their CCRN exam, which is a certification for critical care nurses. Criteria to test includes having 1,750 hours in direct bedside care of acutely and/or critically ill patients during the last 2 years (prior to the exam). 875 hours need to be worked in the year prior to your application.