NTI Recorded Session NTI25215

Welcome to Thoracic Park: Nursing Management and Care of Postoperative Thoracic Surgery Patients

Author(s): Maricar P Gomez, DNP, APRN, NP-C, RN; Monica S Cummins, MSN, APRN, ACCNS-AG, PCCN

Contact Hours 1.25

CERP A 1.25

Expires Dec 31, 2027

Topics: MultiSystem

Population: Adult

Role: APRN, Staff

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Activity Summary

Vigilant nursing care is imperative to the multidisciplinary success of a thoracic surgery program. Patients undergoing thoracic surgery are a unique specialty population; nurses must be prepared with a solid foundation for practice. A team of APRNs at a high-volume thoracic surgery center presents content from their specialty course. A lecture and case study are used to review thoracic surgeries, incisions, equipment and potential postoperative complications to provide attendees evidence-based practices for the postoperative thoracic surgery patient.

Objectives

  • Describe surgical options for thoracic diseases, hiatal hernia, esophageal motility disorders, lung cancers and esophageal cancers.
  • Differentiate the common surgical tubes/drains used in general thoracic surgery, expected care and what should be documented.
  • Identify potential postoperative complications associated with thoracic surgery and/or procedures.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours

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

Accreditation

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

The Nurse Planner has determined that no individuals with the ability to control content of this activity have relevant relationships with ineligible companies.

Activities with pharmacotherapeutic credit are to assist the APRN in fulfilling their education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.