Cardiac nursing
Cardiac nursing is a
cardiac dysrhythmia
under the direction of a cardiologist.
Cardiac nurses perform postoperative care on a surgical unit, stress test evaluations, cardiac monitoring, vascular monitoring, and health assessments. Cardiac nurses must have Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification. In addition, cardiac nurses must possess specialized skills including
electrocardiogram monitoring, defibrillation, and medication administration by continuous intravenous drip.[1]
Cardiac nurses work in many different environments, including operating theatres, cardiac rehabilitation centers, clinical research, cardiac surgery wards, cardiovascular intensive care units
(CVICU), and cardiac medical wards.
Certification for cardiac nurses
All cardiac nurses are
registered nurses. In the past, the American Nurses Credentialing Center
(ANCC) offered certification in Cardiac Rehabilitation Nursing. However, ANCC has retired that exam, and the certification is no longer available, except to nurses who already have the certification and want to renew it.
the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) did not discontinue Cardiac certification. The ANCC replaced it with the Cardiac-Vascular Nursing exam to earn Cardiac certification. Cardiac-Vascular Nursing RN-BC Certified Vascular Nurse (retired exam) RN-BC
See also
References
- PMID 259874. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- Novotny, J (2003). "101 Careers in Nursing", Springer Publishing Company.
External links
- Society for Vascular Nursing
- American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association
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