Comorbidities in Complex Patients: Cardiac and Vascular
Presented by Cheryl Lehman
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This course gives students an overview of medical co-morbidities that can be found in the post-acute care setting, focusing on cardiac and vascular care. With patient acuity changing in this setting, patients with the potential for multiple medical co-morbidities are more likely to be admitted. Examples of medical co-morbidities involving arterial fibrillation, heart failure, and arterial disease will be shared, along with clinical pearls on focusing assessment and interventions on managing the complex patient. This course is appropriate for licensed nurses working in any setting, but particularly targets those in rehabilitation, long term care and home health.
This course is a part of a series discussing comorbidities in complex patients, including the following topics:
Cardiac and Vascular | Pulmonary | Renal | Neurologic | Endocrine | Digestive | Hematologic
Meet your instructor
Cheryl Lehman
Dr. Cheryl Lehman has been a registered nurse since graduating from the Decatur Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in 1978. Since that time, she earned a BSN from Maryville University-St. Louis in 1990; an MSN in Adult Health Nursing from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston in the Clinical Nurse…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Arterial Fibrilliation
Post-acute care nurses must be familiar with the types of cardiac and vascular conditions that may be present in patients admitted to their setting. This chapter begins by discussing arterial fibrillation, a common condition in patients admitted to post-acute care.
2. Heart Failure
Cardiac and vascular conditions that are seen in post-acute care, such as heart failure and atherosclerosis, have the potential to lead to patient complications. Nurses have the responsibility of possessing the knowledge and skills to care for patients with these conditions. This chapter reviews heart failure scenarios seen in the patient population in the post-acute setting.
3. Peripheral Arterial Disease
The final chapter of this course describes peripheral arterial disease, another common vascular condition nurses must be prepared for in the post-acute setting.