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    The document discusses several topics related to nursing care of patients experiencing cardiac issues or shock. It first discusses the importance of understanding heart anatomy and function to recognize cardiac symptoms and determine appropriate treatment. It also emphasizes the nurse's role in monitoring normal and abnormal heart rhythms. Next, it discusses recognizing signs of hypovolemic shock, such as changes in vital signs, skin appearance, and urine output in response to fluid therapy. Finally, it notes that sepsis can progress to septic shock if untreated and that multiple organ dysfunction syndrome involves failure of two or more organs due to the body's inability to maintain homeostasis.

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    The document discusses several topics related to nursing care of patients experiencing cardiac issues or shock. It first discusses the importance of understanding heart anatomy and function to recognize cardiac symptoms and determine appropriate treatment. It also emphasizes the nurse's role in monitoring normal and abnormal heart rhythms. Next, it discusses recognizing signs of hypovolemic shock, such as changes in vital signs, skin appearance, and urine output in response to fluid therapy. Finally, it notes that sepsis can progress to septic shock if untreated and that multiple organ dysfunction syndrome involves failure of two or more organs due to the body's inability to maintain homeostasis.

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    The document discusses several topics related to nursing care of patients experiencing cardiac issues or shock. It first discusses the importance of understanding heart anatomy and function to recognize cardiac symptoms and determine appropriate treatment. It also emphasizes the nurse's role in monitoring normal and abnormal heart rhythms. Next, it discusses recognizing signs of hypovolemic shock, such as changes in vital signs, skin appearance, and urine output in response to fluid therapy. Finally, it notes that sepsis can progress to septic shock if untreated and that multiple organ dysfunction syndrome involves failure of two or more organs due to the body's inability to maintain homeostasis.

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    The document discusses several topics related to nursing care of patients experiencing cardiac issues or shock. It first discusses the importance of understanding heart anatomy and function to recognize cardiac symptoms and determine appropriate treatment. It also emphasizes the nurse's role in monitoring normal and abnormal heart rhythms. Next, it discusses recognizing signs of hypovolemic shock, such as changes in vital signs, skin appearance, and urine output in response to fluid therapy. Finally, it notes that sepsis can progress to septic shock if untreated and that multiple organ dysfunction syndrome involves failure of two or more organs due to the body's inability to maintain homeostasis.

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    Running head: Nursing

    Nursing- cardiac, shock

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    Nursing 2

    Discussion 1.

    The heart is one of the most important organs in the body as it pumps blood throughout

    the body providing oxygen and nutrients. It is critical for a nurse to understand the anatomy of

    the heart and the function as it helps to recognize and monitor the symptoms in a patient. The

    functioning of the heart will also influence the treatment received by the patient. The nurse

    should be able to recognize normal and abnormal cardiac rhythms also known as dysrhythmias.

    Clinicians will use the basic cardiac monitoring to understand the changes the patient is

    experiencing. In a clinical setting, a basic cardiac assessment at the start of my shift helped to

    recognize the changes that may not have been documented before about the patient. Such

    changes are important for the reflection on what changed in the patient and what treatment needs

    to be initiated (Copstead & Banasik, 2013).

    Where a patient has dysrhythmia, it is important to start by getting the full history on the

    patient. Check if they have an MI recently or if they have undergone any procedure before.

    Gathering the history helps to understand the medication they were on before and how it affects

    the heart rhythm. After identifying the cause of dysrhythmia, you can now identify the best

    treatment plan for the patient. After the treatment is initiated, continuous monitoring is necessary

    to determine the patient response to medication and observe any changes.

    Discussion 2

    1. The patient was experiencing hypovolemic shock due to the abrasion sustained and the amount

    of blood loss.

    2. Some clinical findings to support the hypovolemic findings would be slow capillary refill,

    anxiety, tenting on skin turgor, pale skin due to perfusion, feeling dizzy, faint nauseated or very
    Nursing 3

    thirsty, hypotension, and tachycardia. The return on urine output after fluid therapy is an

    important clinical finding. It is important for the nurse to confirm the signs as some of the vital

    signs do no change until 30% of the circulating blood volume is lost (Kelly, 2005).

    3. For CC the clinical findings that would suggest sepsis and septic shock would be elevated

    temperature, heart rate, respiration rate and the WBC level. The monitoring of vital signs is

    essential to ensure the patient does not progress form sepsis to septic shock.

    4. The link between sepsis and the multiple organ dysfunction is that MODS is the end result of

    the patient going into septic shock if untreated. The signs for MODS is the failure of two or more

    organs due to the body’s inability to maintain a homeostatic environment.


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    References

    Copstead-Kirkhorn, L. E. C., & Banasik, J. L. (2013). Study Guide for Pathophysiology-E-Book.

    Elsevier Health Sciences.

    Kelley, D. M. (2005). Hypovolemic shock: an overview. Critical care nursing quarterly, 28(1),

    2- 19.

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