Real World Nursing Guide : ECGs and the Heart is a study and review aid for nursing students struggling with this especially difficult subject area. This guide offers a visual, interactive approach that clearly, and engagingly explains topics such as waveform analysis; measurement of atrial and ventricular rates; identification of premature ventricular contractions, ventricular tachycardia, asystole, ventricular fibrillation, heart blocks, dysrhythmias, pericarditis and myocardial infarction location; and special considerations such as pacemakers, drug abuse, surgical therapy, and cardiac trauma.