NURS 3104 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Pericardial Friction Rub, Chronic Venous Insufficiency, Peripheral Artery Disease
27 Sep 2017
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Interpreting cardiac sounds requires detailed knowledge of cardiac physiology and the pathophysiology of cardiac diseases. There are different levels of performance at which the nurse may be expected to function. This level of function is useful in screening. it is the kind of activity involved in performing physical examinations in schools on normal children or in performing routine physical examinations or screening examinations. The nurse correctly observes the ndings and can recognize the constellation of sounds and the diagnostic signi canceof common ones. at its most sophisticated level, cardiac diagnosis can be interpretive. Highly skilled nurses can differentiate among dysrhythmias and respond accordingly. They can determine the signi cance of the appearance and disappearance of gallops during the treatment of patients who have had mis or who have hf. This is the role that the coronary care nurse and the cardiovascular advanced practice nurses assume.
