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An Overview of Heart Failure (HF)
Heart failure (HF) is the inability of the heart to pump enough blood to meet the metabolic needs of the body. Since HF is not a specific disease, care of the patient with HF focuses on improving the hearts function. A patient is particularly dependent on the nurse to explain this sometimes confusing condition. This course presents an overview of HF, including its assessment, diagnosis, and management both in the hospital and after the patient returns home. (69 minutes)
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Anatomy and Physiology of the Heart
The human heart is a highly specialized organ that supplies oxygenated blood to the entire body and rids the body of deoxygenated blood. In this course, you will learn about the anatomical structures of the heart as well as the physiology of the hearts pumping action; this will include information about cardiac output, the cardiac cycle and cardiac and systemic circulation. Additionally, you will learn about the electrical conduction system that originates in the heart. This conduction system allows the heart to pump blood at regular intervals without signals from the brain. Electrical impulses can be recorded and displayed as an electrocardiogram (ECG). You will learn to identify the parts of an ECG, which represent various stages of cardiac activity and can help a physician diagnose a number of heart disorders. (71 minutes)
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Assessment and Diagnosis of Hypertension
This course explains how hypertension is diagnosed and assessed. It also describes the physiologic responses to changes in blood pressure as well as explains how angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and calcium channel blockers are used to treat hypertension. In addition, this course identifies nursing diagnoses and related nursing interventions for hypertensive patients. (107 minutes)
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Assessment and Diagnostic Tests for Acute Myocardial Infarction
An acute myocardial infarction (MI) is more commonly known as a heart attack. MI results when cardiac muscle is deprived of oxygen for too long. Although a variety of risk factors predispose individuals to MI, some of these risk factors are controllable. MI can be diagnosed by assessing clinical manifestations as well as by performing laboratory and radiographic tests. This course covers the pathophysiology, risk factors, and diagnosis of MI. (78 minutes)
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Assessment of Electrocardiograms
In this course, you will learn how electrocardiograms (ECGs) are used to assess a patient's cardiac cycle, basic heart rhythm (PQRST complex), and heart rate. You will also learn about the proper use of 12-lead ECGs. (87 minutes)
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Cardiac Rhythms and Dysrhythmias
In this course, you will learn to identify and describe cardiac rhythms and dysrhythmias.  You will assess the characteristics and causes of sinus bradycardia, tachycardia, and arrhythmia.  In addition, you will learn to identify several junctional rhythms, including premature junctional complexes, junctional escape beats, and junctional tachycardia.  You will examine the causes and treatment of these junctional rhythms. Atrial and ventricular dysrhythmias occur when ectopic foci in the atria or ventricles replace the sinoatrial (SA) node as pacemaker of the heart.  You will be able to identify these dysrhythmias that cause a number of difficulties which range from harmless to serious to deadly in nature. (75 minutes)
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Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy includes all diseases of the myocardium. In this course, you will learn about the three types of cardiomyopathy: dilated (DCM), hypertrophic (HCM), and restrictive (RCM). You will also study the etiology, manifestations, management, and treatment goals for these diseases. (65 minutes)
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Cardiovascular Alterations
This course covers atrioventricular (AV) blocks and absent rhythms, which are irregularities in the cardiac rhythm that can be extremely debilitating or deadly if not treated and reversed. This course also addresses pacemaking, a possible intervention for AV block or absent rhythm, and common pacemaker malfunctions. (52 minutes)
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Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy
A nurses responsibility in cardiovascular pharmacotherapy extends beyond administering the correct drug and dosage to the correct patient. As a nurse, you must understand why the drug is being given, what therapeutic outcomes are expected, which adverse reactions may develop, and which route is the best for administration. You should be able to identify key points concerning medication administration in the critical care setting, including how a drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted.  You should also know how to manage a patient by monitoring a drugs speed of titration, understanding the appropriate administration parameters, ensuring the patency of the line, and recognizing when interventions are required. This course covers cardiovascular drugs that affect preload and afterload, contractility, arrhythmias, and cardiac drugs used in emergent situations. (61 minutes)
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Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
Nursing management of patients with coronary artery disease is based on an understanding of the pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of various heart conditions, such as myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction (MI), and acute coronary insufficiency. It is important to obtain a thorough patient history and assessment. Particular attention must be paid to the difference between ischemia and infarction, non-Q waves and Q waves, and the risk factors that precede and accompany these conditions. (51 minutes)
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