Cardiovascular Nurse Exam (CVN) Study Guide
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) administers the cardiovascular nurses exam in association with the Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN), the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA),and the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR),
 Exam Details
- This is a computer based exam.
- Fee’s can be up to $390 with an additional $125 for international testing sites.
- The exam is 3.5 hours long.
- The exam has 175 multiple choice questions.
 Content
- Leadership- 8 questions - 5.33%
- Legal & Ethical Issues -10 questions -6.67%
- Pathophysiology and Manifestation of Cardiac & Vascular Disease – 26 questions- 17.33%
- Communication – 15 questions -10%
- Provision of Care – 64 questions - 42.67%
- Patient & Family Caregiver Education -16 questions -10.67%
- Psychological Aspects of cardiac Vascular Disease -11 questions -7.33%
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Exam Topics Covered:
Aminocaproic Acid
Aneurysms
Anticoagulants
Anti-Dysrhythmic
Anti-Hypertensive Vasodilators
Anti-Thrombotic
Atherosclerosis
Atrial Flutter
Beta-Adrenergic Antagonists
Buerger's Disease
Calcium Channel Blockers
Cardiac Glycosides
Cardiac Transplantation
Cardiomyopathy
Cholesterol Levels
Clinical Practitioners
Code of Ethics
Congestive Heart Failure
Cor Pulmonale
Dyslipidemia
Endothelial Dysfunction
Functions of Coping
General Adaptation Syndrome
Gestational Diabetes
Hemorrhagic Stroke
Ionotropic Group of Drugs
Leadership Styles
Loop Diuretics
Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL)
Maladaptive Responses
Metabolic Syndrome
Motivation
Myocardial Infarction
Nitrates/Nitrites
Outcome Evaluation
Pathophysiology
Patient Education
Patients' Rights
Pharmaceutical Approaches
Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors
Psychologic Responses
Raynaud's Phenomenon
Renin-Angiotensin System
Self-Monitoring Techniques
Sympathomimetic Agents
Team-Building Models
Thiazide Diuretics
Unstable Plaques
WHO Guideline
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

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