You are the nurse in the cardiologist. office describe how
you would explain to a new cardiac patient the conduction system of the
heart.Correlate the normal ECG pattern with the cardiac electrical activity. (3
learning objectives).
2. What are the mechanisms that control blood pressure?How
do they influence blood pressure?(4 learning objectives).
Group Assignment:
1.Design a poster where each student is responsible for
designing and identifying a specific component of the heart. Identify with red
and blue markers the flow of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood through the
heart and cardiac muscle(2 learning objectives).
Clinical Assignment:
1. Identity a patient who has a diagnosis of heart failure
and describe the patients clinical status include assessments findings, medications,
intake and output, and diet. Analyze how your nursing assessment findings
influence the patients over all fluid balance and cardiac function.(5 learning
objectives).
Web Assignment:
1. Search the internet for a diagram of the heart. print the
draw and identify all chambers,valves, great vessels, coronary vessels, and conduction system of the heart.(1
learning objectives.
