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1Saint Mary's Mercy Medical Center, Surgical Services Department, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Abstract:
Postoperative nursing management of cardiac surgery patients is considered part of perianesthesia nursing core curriculum by ASPAN. In many hospitals, however, these patients bypass the PACU and are admitted directly to the ICU. For that reason, perianesthesia nurses who do not have cardiothoracic surgical ICU experience need information related to the immediate postoperative routine and nursing care regimen of cardiac surgery patients. Bleeding, cardiac tamponade, low cardiac output syndrome, and dysrhythmias are postoperative complications that are discussed. A brief overview of postoperative nursing management and several "nursing pearls of wisdom" are also presented.
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