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Exam Sections Covered in BoardCerts CV-BC™ Question Bank
Comprehensive coverage of all exam domains with detailed topic breakdowns to ensure your success.
Assessment and Diagnosis
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Planning and Implementation
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Evaluation and Modification
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Patient and Community Education
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Exam Sections Covered in BoardCerts CV-BC™ Question Bank
Comprehensive coverage of all exam domains with detailed topic breakdowns to ensure your success.
Assessment and Diagnosis
- Anatomy and physiology
- Pathophysiology
- Nursing diagnosis identification
- Patient interview (e.g., history, chief complaint, social determinants of health)
- Cardiac-vascular assessment techniques and tools (e.g., Doppler, stroke scale)
- Data collection and interpretation (e.g., diagnostic tests, laboratory results, cardiac rhythms)
Planning and Implementation
- Evidence-based practice guidelines (e.g., ACC/AHA guidelines, quality measures)
- Scope and standards of practice (e.g., cardiovascular nursing)
- Legal and ethical considerations (e.g., informed consent, advance directives)
- Invasive/non-invasive procedures (e.g., peripheral, cardiac, structural)
- Surgeries (e.g., coronary/vascular bypass, transplant)
- Pharmacologic therapies
- Non-pharmacologic and complementary therapies
- Risk-reduction measures (e.g., venous thromboembolism prophylaxis, infection prevention)
- Prioritization and care coordination (e.g., interdisciplinary teams, discharge planning)
- Interventions (e.g., targeted temperature management, cardioversion)
Evaluation and Modification
- Expected outcomes
- Drug interactions (e.g., drug-drug, drug-food)
- Recognition and treatment of adverse reactions and events (e.g., heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, hypotension)
- Recognition and treatment of urgent conditions (e.g., pseudoaneurysm, hypertensive crisis)
- Recognition and treatment of emergent conditions (e.g., pulmonary embolism, stroke)
Patient and Community Education
- Cardiac-vascular risk factors (e.g., ethnicity, smoking)
- Chronic disease management
- Cardiac-vascular education topics (e.g., procedures, medications)
- Self-management strategies (e.g., daily weights, blood pressure logs)
- Community resources (e.g., cardiac rehabilitation, anticoagulation clinic)
- Individualized education planning and implementation (e.g., addressing barriers, health literacy)
- Outpatient monitoring (e.g., remote telemetry, point-of-care testing)
- Health promotion (e.g., wellness counseling, health fairs)
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