Cardiovascular Diseases and Therapeutics

Cardiovascular Nursing

Cardiovascular Nurses work in many different environments, including cardiac catheterization, intensive care units (ICUs), coronary care units (CCUs), operating theaters, heart rehabilitationcenters, cardiac surgery departments, clinical research, and cardiovascularintensive care units. Cardiac nursing is a special nursing field which works with patients who suffer from different conditions of the cardiovascularsystem. Cardiac nurses help treat and care conditions such as unstable angina, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, congestive heartfailure, infarction of myocardium and cardiac arrhythmia under the direction of a cardiologist. Cardiac nurses perform post operative treatment on surgical unit stress test evaluations, cardiac monitoring, vascular monitoring, and health evaluations. Cardiac nurses work in various kinds of environments, involving catheterization of heart, intensive care units (ICU), coronary careunits (CCU), operating theatres, cardiac rehabilitation centers, clinical research, wards for cardiac surgery, (CVICU) cardiovascular intensive care units, and cardiac medical wards.