Esophagectomy: A Tough Pill to Swallow

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Post-operative nursing care of the esophagectomy patient involves complex multisystem management and critical thinking skills. The attendee learns about indications, incidence and prevalence of the indications for esophagectomies, as well as nursing management of transhiatal, transthoracic and minimally invasive esophagectomy patients in the critical care and progressive care units. Complications such as chylothorax, anastomotic leak, infections, respiratory complications and arrhythmias are explained and long-term outcomes is reviewed.

Objectives

Describe the current surgical approaches to esophagectomies and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Review the most common post-operative complications of esophagectomies.
Discuss multisystem post-operative nursing care of patients following esophagectomy.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

Disclosures

Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.

Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity. Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.