title: Perioperative nursing care for congenital cardiac defects.
abstract: Continuity of nursing care between the preoperative and postoperative phases of the patient with congenital heart disease is the goal of the perioperative nurse. Good assessment and planning are essential to efficient participation in the various stages of the operative course, from premedication to transport to the ICU.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Foldy
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Gorman
mesh_terms: D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000451:nursing; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000451:nursing / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009871:Operating Room Nursing; D011300:Preoperative Care