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Focusing on Patient Care: Cardiovascular Care

Develop skills related to cardiovascular care necessary to care for the following patients:

Coby Pruder, age 40, is to undergo an electrocardiogram as part of his physical examination. Although he considers himself healthy, he is nervous.

Harry Stebbings, age 67, is admitted to the emergency department for chest pain and cardiac monitoring.

Ann Kribell, age 54, is a patient in the cardiac care unit. She has been diagnosed with heart failure and is receiving cardiac monitoring. She needs to have arterial blood samples drawn from her arterial catheter.

Answer the following questions to enhance your understanding and apply what you have learned about cardiovascular care.

1. Coby Pruder becomes visibly anxious when you bring in the ECG machine and begin to open the supplies. What could you do to help alleviate his anxiety?

2. You go in to assess Harry Stebbings and find him unresponsive. How should you respond?

3. You meet resistance while attempting to draw the discard sample from Ann Kribell's arterial catheter. Should you use excessive pressure to try to obtain the discard sample? Discuss the appropriate actions to problem solve this unexpected situation.