06.04 Differentiating Ectopy and Aberrancy for CCRN Review
Included In This Lesson
Outline
Nursing Points
General
- Ectopy & Aberrancy
- Aberrancy
- Supraventricular arrhythmia that starts in the atrium
- Arriving from atrium to “tired” bundle
- Right Bundle branch block
- viewed/seen as a little mountain pattern, this is a little problem
- Left bundle branch block
- All complexes are wide
- Narrow R wave
- Right Bundle branch block
- Ectopy
- Ventricular arrhythmia
- Preventricle Contractions (PVCs)
- Right ventricle
- Rare
- Resembles left bundle branch block
- Shown on EKG with wider than normal R wave
- Left ventricle
- Seen on EKG as big mountain waves which is a big problem
- Ventricular arrhythmia
- Aberrancy
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.