Expert Drug Therapy: Arrhythmias DVD

31 minutes

Get vital information about how drugs work for your patients with arrhythmias - during immediate and continuing treatment. Know exactly what their actions mean to your nursing care before, during, and after drug therapy.

With this DVD, you'll learn:

• which drugs work to control atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia, and how to administer them safely and accurately
• how the cardiac glycoside digoxin slows the heart rate by enhancing parasympathetic stimulation
• how ibutilide slows ectopic impulse conduction in atrial fibrillation by blocking potassium movement out of myocardial cells
• how heparin prevents clots from forming in the atria, and how to monitor your patient's complete blood count for signs of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
• why the anticoagulant warfarin may be included in your patient's continuing therapy
• why your patient may be at risk for new arrhythmias or heart failure during propafenone therapy - and how you can decrease the risk
• why I.V. amiodarone must be administered using PVC tubing and a central venous catheter ......and much, much more