This course introduces the registered nurse to both congenital and acquired cardiac anomalies and the metabolic heart diseases prevalent to the Saudi Arabian neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, and adult population. The course unpacks the pathophysiology, treatments, and complications of these disorders. Topics explored include, metabolic heart disease, acyanotic lesions with increased pulmonary blood flow, acyanotic lesions with left ventricular and aortic outflow tract obstruction, cyanotic lesions with decreased pulmonary blood flow and cyanotic lesions with mixed venous and systemic blood flow. At the completion of the course, the students will be able to describe the aberrant hemodynamics and or clinical pathways of these disorders as well as the recommended surgical and or interventional treatments across all age groups.
Grad Scheme
Letter
Prerequisites
None