Pediatric Nursing: Cardiovascular

Thalassemia and hemophilia, including the signs/symptoms, labs, treatment, and family teaching for patients with these disorders. Epistaxis, including causes, treatment, and family teaching for patients with epistaxis.

Iron-deficient anemia, including the pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, labs, treatment, nursing care, and family teaching for this disorder. Sickle cell anemia, including the pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, types of crises, diagnosis, treatment, nursing care, and family teaching for patients with this disorder.

Kawasaki Disease. The pathophysiology, phases of Kawasaki disease, symptoms associated with each phase, abnormal labs present with Kawasaki disease, diagnostic criteria, treatment, nursing care, and family teaching for the disorder.

Infective endocarditis, including the pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, labs, diagnosis, treatment, and family teaching for patients with infective endocarditis. Rheumatic fever, including the pathophysiology, risk factor, labs, diagnosis, and treatment of this condition.

Heart Failure, including the pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, labs, diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care of patients with heart failure. A detailed explanation of the differences between left and right-sided heart failure. The topic of hypoxemia, including causes, signs/symptoms, labs/diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care of this disorder.

Congenital heart defects that cause obstruction of blood flow, including: coarctation of aorta (COA), aortic stenosis and pulmonary stenosis. Congenital heart defects that cause mixed blood flow, including: transposition of the great arteries (TGA), total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC), truncus arteriosus, and hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). In addition to explaining each disorder, the signs/symptoms and treatment of the defects.

Congenital heart defects that result in increased pulmonary blood flow, including: Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD), Atrioventricular (AV) Canal, and Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA). Congenital heart defects that result in decreased pulmonary blood flow, including: Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) and Tricuspid Atresia. For each of these defects, we cover the defect plus the signs/symptoms and treatment of the defect.

A cardiac catheterization, including nursing care of the patient before and after the procedure. Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs). The pathophysiology, risk factors, overall signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care of patients with congenital heart defects.