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Cardiology: Cardiac assessment (2/3)
Health Staff Ed
Updated Jul 03, 2025
What you'll learn
- The components of a comprehensive cardiovascular assessment.
- The subjective information required to accurately assess cardiovascular risk factors.
- Developmental concerns that impactcardiovascular function and assessment.
- Abnormal heart sounds and their pathological causes.
- How to perform an objective cardiovascular assessment including inspection, palpation and auscultation of the anterior chest and major vessel.
- How to to document a cardiac assessment.
Course Description
Course Overview:
Cardiac assessment is an advanced skill for nurses providing care to cardiac patients.
This interactive course provides a practical step-by-step guide to performing a cardiac assessment.
This is part 2 in a 3 part course on cardiology:
- Cardiology - The Anatomy of the Heart
- Cardiology - An Introduction to Cardiac Assessment
- Cardiology - The Conduction System and Electrocardiograms
This module assumes participants have completed part one, or have a thorough understanding of the anatomy of the heart.
This course has been written by healthcare content experts and
has been peer reviewed.
Target Audience
Nurses
Business Case
A comprehensive learning package, this course meets the requirements of the theoretical component of a competency based course.
