A comprehensive guide to the identification, analysis and management of cardiac arrhythmias. It provides students with an understanding of the 12-lead ECG as a diagnostic and monitoring tool, and discusses each arrhythmia in a nursing process framework, featuring assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation. It includes self-assessment sections comprising multiple-choice, true/false, matching and short answer questions, as well as case studies with sample strips for practising identification, analysis and care planning to help readers evaluate their diagnostic abilities.
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978-0-8016-6576-9 (9780801665769)
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Part 1 Knowledge base: selected topics in cardiac anatomy, physiology and electrophysiology; cardiac monitors and their function; monitoring the patient; identifying electrocardiographic complexes, analyzing rhythm and selecting a lead. Part 2 The nursing process in interpreting arrhythmias: the sinus rhythms, atrial rhythm disturbances; AV junctional rhythms disturbances; ventricular rhythm disturbances; atrioventricular and intraventricular conduction disturbances.
