CV-BC case studies
CV-BC · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Cardiac-Vascular Nursing Certification (CV-BC) is a specialty credential for registered nurses who care for patients with cardiac and vascular conditions across the continuum - inpatient telemetry and step-down units, cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology labs, heart failure and vascular clinics, and outpatient cardiology practices. Earning it signals that a nurse has moved beyond basic cardiac orientation to a validated, experience-based depth of knowledge in assessment, rhythm interpretation, hemodynamic monitoring, vascular assessment, pharmacology, and patient teaching. The CV-BC case studies are 5 cases and about 3,557 words.
1Sudden Dyspnea on Postoperative Day 3 After Arthroplasty
R is 66 and on the orthopedic unit on postoperative day 3 after total knee arthroplasty. He takes apixaban 2.5 mg twice daily for atrial fibrillation, held from midnight before surgery and restarted 24 hours afterward.
738 words, about 4 min2'Not Diuresing' After Three Days of IV Furosemide
K is 78 and was admitted three days ago with decompensated heart failure; ejection fraction is 25%. She has received furosemide 80 mg IV twice daily and has lost only 0.8 kg.
725 words, about 4 min3Back and Flank Pain After Femoral Sheath Removal
D is 62 and returns to the step-down unit five hours after elective PCI via the right femoral artery with a 6F sheath, removed two hours ago after manual compression. He received bivalirudin during the procedure and is on aspirin 325 mg and ticagrelor 90 mg twice daily.
657 words, about 3 min4Black Stools on Triple Therapy Six Weeks After Stenting
L is 79 and takes apixaban 5 mg twice daily for atrial fibrillation, aspirin 81 mg daily, and clopidogrel 75 mg daily. Six weeks ago she had a drug-eluting stent placed in the proximal LAD after an NSTEMI.
638 words, about 3 min5Twenty Minutes to Teach Self-Management With No Scale and No Ride
P is 71, lives alone in a rural county, and is being discharged tomorrow after his first heart failure admission; ejection fraction is 30%. New prescriptions include sacubitril/valsartan, carvedilol, spironolactone, empagliflozin, and furosemide, plus a potassium supplement - nine tablets a day in total.
799 words, about 4 min