NUR5321 Coronary care nursing

Coronary care nursing is an important area of cardiac nursing. Nurses working in coronary care units require specific cardiac knowledge to support quality patient outcomes. Coronary care nurses lead cardiac nursing interventions, support multidisciplinary team functioning, and engage the patient and their significant others in their health education.
These functions require sufficient knowledge of the pathophysiology of cardiac conditions to be able to provide advanced nursing practice and care to patients. Patients in Coronary Care Units have diverse presentations, ranging from uncomplicated stable conditions to being acutely and critically ill requiring life-saving interventions. In this unit you will explore nursing in Coronary Care Units, in particular, patient assessment in relation to a range of cardiac conditions and health states, provision of advanced nursing practice, leadership and managing patient transitions through the unit.