EKG for nursing demystified

by Clutter, Patricia L.

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Title Statements

Full title :EKG for nursing demystified / Patricia Clutter, RN, Med, CEN, FAEN.

Summary

"The quick and easy way to master EKG procedures and use your knowledge in real-world situations. If you're looking for a fun, fast review that boils EKGs down to the most essential, must-know points your search ends here! "EKGs for Nursing Demystified" is a thorough yet concise overview of this medical test, complete with time-proven techniques, facsimiles of EKG strips, and numerous clinical cases. You will learn how to interpret hypertrophy and enlargement, arrhythmias, conduction blocks, pre-excitation syndromes, myocardial infarction and more, so you have the knowledge to help your patients as a student and as a nurse once you start your career. This fast and easy guide offers: Learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, a foundation in EKG topics, a final exam at the end of the book, a time-saving approach to performing better on an exam or at work. Simple enough for a student, but comprehensive enough for a professional, "EKGs for Nursing Demystified" is your shortcut to mastering this critical topic."--Provided by the publisher.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):McGraw-Hill
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015

Notes

"Hard stuff made easy"--Jacket.

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 352 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780071801690, 0071801693
oclc:ocn880404202
LC Classification:RC683.5.E5
Dewey Decimal:616.1/207547

Heart anatomy and physiology -- Cardiac electrical conduction system -- Cardiac monitoring and 12 lead ECG basics -- Waves, complexes, straight lines, and intervals labeling and interpreting -- Axis, hypertrophy, and bundle branch blocks -- Sinus node related dysrhythmias -- Atrial/AV nodal junctional dysrhythmias -- Ventricular dysrhythmias and AV nodal blocks -- Acute myocardial infarction patterns -- EKG changes other than myocardial infarction -- Final exam.

Subjects

Arrhythmia -- Diagnosis Arrhythmias, Cardiac / diagnosis Arythmie -- Diagnostic Coeur -- Maladies Électrocardiographie Electrocardiography Heart --Diseases --Nursing Heart Diseases Heart Diseases -- diagnosis