Cardiac Nursing Diagnoses & Care Plans

Cardiac Nursing Diagnoses & Care Plans

Cardiovascular disorders are a major focus in both NCLEX prep and clinical practice, and nurses must quickly recognize cardiac problems and plan safe, effective care.
This page brings together our cardiac nursing diagnoses and care plans so you can easily find assessment cues, nursing interventions, and rationales for the most common heart conditions.

How to use this cardiac care‑plan guide

• Start with the list of individual cardiac diagnoses and care plans below (pericarditis, myocardial infarction, heart failure, CABG, dysrhythmias, etc.).

• Open each care plan to review: definition, causes, signs and symptoms, nursing assessment, priority interventions with rationales, and expected outcomes.

• Use the examples as a study guide for NCLEX and as a reference when developing care plans in clinical settings.

Cardiac nursing diagnoses included

• Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Aortic Dissection
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Bradycardia
• Buergers Disease
• CABG
• Cardiac Catheterization
• Cardiac Tamponade
• Cardiogenic Shock
• Cardiomyopathy
• Coronary Artery Disease
• CHF
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft CABG
• Decreased Cardiac Output
• Endocarditis
• Hemodynamic Status
• Hypertension
• Hypertensive Crisis
• Impaired Cardiovascular Function
• Jugular Venous Distention JVD
• Marfan Syndrome
• Myocardial Infarction
• Myocarditis
• NSTEMI
• Pericardial Effusion
• Pericarditis
• Peripheral Arterial Disease
• Peripheral Vascular Disease
• Pulmonary Edema
• Pulmonary Embolism
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Rheumatic Fever
• Risk for unstable Blood Pressure
• Tachycardia
• Thrombophebitis
• Venous Stasis Ulcer