CARDIAC DISORDERS
DISORDER
WHAT IT IS
S & S
TREATMENT/NURSING
INTERVENTIONS
MEDS
EXTRA
NOTES
CORONARY
HEART
DISEASE/
CORONARY
ARTERY
DISEASE
IMPAIRED BLOOD
FLOW TO THE
MYOCARDIUM BY
ATHEROSCLEROTIC
PLAQUE BUILD-UP IN
THE CORONARY
ARTERIES.
MAY BE
ASYMPTOMATIC
CAN LEAD TO
ANGINA PECTORIS,
ACUTE CORONARY
SYNDROME, MI,
DYSRYTHMIAS,
HEART FAILURE, OR
SUDDEN DEATH.
ASSESS CARDIAC AND RESPIRATORY
STATUS, VITALS, ANY
MANIFESTATIONS OF PAIN, SOB, OR
CHEST PAIN. ENCOURAGE LIFESTYLE
CHANGES TO INCLUDE…
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