M.H.R.D.A.V. COLLEGE OF NURSING, JALANDHAR.

PUNJAB

LESSON PLAN ON MYOCARDIAL

INFARCTION
M.SC (NURSING) I YEAR
MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING
Name of the Lecturer: S.Salin

Designation: Lecturer

Subject: Medical Surgical Nursing

Unit: VII

Topic: Myocardial Infarction

Group: M.Sc(NURSING) I year

Venue: M.H.R.D.A.V COLLEGE OF NURSING

Time:

No. of students:

Previous Knowledge: Students are aware of anatomy and physiology of Cardio vascular system & coronary circulation

Method of Teaching: Lecture cum Discussion

Media of Instruction: Blackboard, Overhead projectors and charts & demonstration.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE:

At the end of the teaching the students are able to explain the definition, incidence, etiology, patho-physiology, clinical
manifestations, assessment, diagnostic findings and management of Myocardial Infarction and develop attitude and skills in providing
care to patients with Myocardial Infarction.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE:

At the end of the teaching, the students are able to

 Define Myocardial Infarction.

 Estimate the incidence of Myocardial Infarction.
 List the etiology and risk factors of Myocardial Infarction.
 Explain the patho-physiology of Myocardial Infarction.
 Identify the signs and symptoms of Myocardial Infarction.
 Mention the diagnostic evaluation of Myocardial Infarction.
 Describe the Medical Management of Myocardial Infarction.
 Discuss the surgical management of Myocardial Infarction
 Draw a Nursing care plan for patient with Myocardial Infarction.
 Describe the phases of cardiac rehabilitation.
S.No Specific Time Content Teacher,s & Learner,s AV AIDS Evaluation
Objective Activity
1. To establish 1 INTRODUCTION ABOUT
report among min SELF
the students My Name is Supriya Chaturvedi ,
Asst Professor , A.P.S College of
Nursing Malsian, Jalandhar

2 To assess the 1 Question

previous min 1. What do you mean by
knowledge of infarction ? Teacher is asking the
the group 2. How many chambers in the question and students are
heart? giving their point of
3. How will you explain blood views
circulation?

Introduce the 2 Introduction:

3 concept of mins Myocardial infarction (MI) is a Teacher is introducing Black What is Coronary
Myocardial process by which the myocardial the topic and students are Board & PPT circulation?
Infarction tissue is destroyed in regions of the listen carefully
heart that are deprived of an
adequate blood supply because of a
reduced coronary blood flow. The
cause of the reduced blood flow is
either a critical narrowing of the
coronary artery due to
atherosclerosis or a complete
 occlusion of an artery due to
embolus or a thrombus. Decreased
coronary blood flow may also result
from shock and hemorrhage. In
each case there is a profound
imbalance between myocardial
oxygen supply and demand.

4 Define 2 DEFINITION:
Myocardial mins Myocardial Infarction occurs when Teacher is defining the Black board What is
Infarction there is ischemia (inadequate blood topic and students are And LCD Myocardial
flow) to a part of the heart that listen carefully Infarction?
results in death of the myocardial
cells.
How many people
5 Estimate the 1 INCIDENCE: Teacher is explaining the Black board in the world are
Incidence of min It is estimated that there are incidence of topic And LCD suffering from
Myocardial 160,000 deaths with Myocardial Myocardial
Infarction. infarction and 16,000 deaths occur Infarction?
every year.

6 List the etiology 5 ETIOLOGY\RISK FACTORS:

and risk factors mins Teacher is enumerating Black board, How are the risk
of Myocardial i. Non- Modifiable Risk Factors: the etiology factors PPT And LCD factors classified?
Infarction. Age: The risk factor of MI
increases with age, doubling each
decade after 55 yrs of age.
Gender: MI more commonly
occur in men than women and they
have the tendency to suffer with
stroke.
Race: MI is found mostly in
African Americans and southern
white men.
Family History: A family history
of MI increases the risk of MI in the
generation.
ii. Modifiable Risk Factors:
Cigarette Smoking: cigarette
smoking increases the blood carbon
monoxide (CO) levels. The
hemoglobin in the blood combines
more readily with CO than with
oxygen. Thus oxygen supply to the
heart is severely limited. The
nicotinic acid present in the smoke
releases catecholamines which
results in arterial constriction.
Moreover the smoke has the ability
to form adhesions leading to
thrombus formation.
Elevated blood pressure: An
elevated BP triggers a very high
pressure gradient against which the
left ventricle must pump.
Hyperlipidemia: lipids have the
property of being readily soluble in
solvents than in water. In the blood
the principal lipids are cholesterol
and triglycerides. The lipids are
attached with the proteins and form
lipoproteins. These lipoproteins are
believed to play a role in the
development of atherosclerosis.
Hyperglycemia: hyperglycemia
fosters increased platelet
 aggregation which can lead to
thrombus formation. A high level of
glucose is seemed to cause damage
in the smooth muscles lining the
blood vessels.
Behavior Patterns:
Behaviors that characterizes the
people like competitive striving for
achievement, exaggerated sense of
time, urgency, aggressiveness,
hostility are prone to coronary
atherosclerosis.

6. Explain the PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Teacher is explaining the Black board What happens in
pathophysiology 10 Pathophysiology of And LCD Myocardial
of Myocardial mins Due to fatty streak deposition or myocardial infarction Infarction?
Infarction injury to the walls of the coronary
arteries

Attraction of the platelets to the

injured site

Development of thrombus

Narrowing of the lumen of the

blood vessel

Obstruction of the coronary blood

flow
 Lack of oxygen supply to the
tissues tissues

Infarction to Myocardial tissue

What are the

7. Identify the CLINICAL MANIFESTATION Teacher is enumerating Black board signs and
signs and 4  Chest pain characterized by the sign and symptoms And LCD symptoms of
symptoms of mins heavy, vise like pain which of MI Myocardial
Myocardial raduates to shoulders and down Infarction?
Infarction the arms, usually the left arms
 Shortness of breath
 Pallor
 Cold clammy skin
 Diaphoresis
 Dizziness
 Light headedness
 Nausea
 Vomiting
 fainting

8. Mention the 3 DIAGNOSTIC FINDINGS Teacher is enumerating Black board How will you
diagnostic mins  History collection the diagnostic evaluation And LCD Diagnose patients
evaluation of  Physical Examination of MI with Myocardial
Myocardial  Cardio vascular Examination Infarction ?
Infarction  Electrocardiogram
 Echocardiogram
 Serum cardiac enzymes
 Complete blood count
 CT scan
 CT angiography
 MRI
  MR Angigraphy
 Positron Emission Tomography
 Multigated nuclear scans
 Coronary Angiography

9. Discuss the MANAGEMENT Teacher is enumerating Black board What is the

Management of 10 i. Drug Therapy: the Management of MI And LCD medical
Myocardial mins Anti platelet drugs Clopidogrel, management of
Infarction Ecospirin Myocardial
Thrombolytic therapy: Infarction?
streptokinase, Urokinase,
Anistreplase
Calcium channel blockers:
Nimodip, amlong
Anti anginal drugs:
Nitroglycerin, Nitrocontin
ii. Maintain ABC’s of the patient
iii. Oxygen administration
iv.Artificial airway insertion
v. Endo tracheal Intubation &
Mechanical ventilation
vi. Adequate hydration
vii. Monitor intake output chart.
Per cutaneous coronary
Interventions
i. Per cutaneous coronary
angioplasty
ii. Trans myocardial
revascularization
Surgical Management:
Coronary artery Bypass
Grafting: It is a procedure in which
blood supply to the coronary
 arteries is established by using
internal mammary artery or
sephaneous vein grafts.

10. Draw a nursing NURSING MANGEMENT:

care plan for a 10  Chest pain related to reduced Teacher is explaining ,LCD , PPT Tell some nursing
patient with mins coronary blood flow. nursing management of diagnosis related
Myocardial  Ineffective breathing pattern the MI to Myocardial
Infarction related to decreased blood flow Infarction ?
to pulmonary capillaries
secondary to decreased
ventricular contractility.
 Impaired tissue perfusion related
to decreased cardiac output..
 Anxiety related to fear of death.
 Deficient self care related to
imposed bed rest.
 Deficient Knowledge regarding
prognosis ad self care
management.
11. Describe the CARDIAC REHBILIAION: Teacher is describing PPT What are the
phases of 5 Phase1: This phase occurs during the phases of cardiac components of
cardiac mins hospitalization. In this phase the rehabilitation of the MI cardiac
rehabilitation nurse assist the patient towards the Rehabilitation
realization of his goal towards
independence.
Phase2: The nurse explains the
nurse about the disease and answers
questions honestly and reassures the
patients to do a useful economic life
and resuming his activities.
Phase 3: the goal of third phase is to
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13.
 continue to restore the patient
activity levels that allow the person
to return to work or return to
activities in which he participated
before the illness. This phase is
usually accomplished by enrolling
the patient in a formal rehabilitation
program that provides supervised
incremental increase in activities
and exercise.
Phase 4: this focuses on long term
conditioning and the maintenance
of cardiovascular stability. The
patient is usually very self directed
during this phase and does not
require a supervised program.

12 Teacher is 1 SUMMARY: Till now we have Teacher is LCD

summarize the min seen the definition, incidence, summarization to
topic etiology & risk factors, the topic of MI
pathophysiology, clinical
manifestation, diagnostic findings
and management of a patient with
Myocardial Infarction.
13 To recapitualize Recapitualization : Teacher is telling LCD
the topic the reference to the
 Define Myocardial students
Infarction.
 Estimate the incidence of
Myocardial Infarction.
 List the etiology and risk
factors of Myocardial
Infarction.
 Explain the patho-
physiology of Myocardial
Infarction.
 Identify the signs and
symptoms of Myocardial
Infarction.
 Mention the diagnostic
evaluation of Myocardial
Infarction.
 Describe the Medical
Management of Myocardial
Infarction.
 Discuss the surgical
management of Myocardial
Infarction
 Draw a Nursing care plan
for patient with Myocardial
Infarction
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“Text book of Medical surgical
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Black. M.Joyce, (2007),

“Text book of Medical Surgical
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Brunner & suddarth (2009),

“Text book of Medical surgical
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