Cardiac Surgery

Part 1 Foundations of cardiac surgical nursing: history of cardiac surgery; the cardiac nurse; the cardiac team; anatomy and physiology; environment, instrumentation and equipment; preoperative assessment; nursing diagnoses; perioperative nursing care planning; perioperative nursing care; evaluating outcome achievement. Part 2 Surgical interventions: generic procedures; coronary artery disease; mitral valve surgery; aortic valve surgery; tricuspid and pulmonary valve procedures; surgery on the thoracic aorta; ventricular assist devices; transplantation for heart and lung disease; surgery for conduction disturbances; surgery for adult congenital heart disease; cardiac trauma and emergency surgery; miscellaneous procedures.