DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS: PARENT TEACHING -- LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Course overview

Liver transplantation (LT) is a highly complex surgical procedure in which a diseased liver is removed from the patient (who is referred to as the transplant recipient) and replaced with a part of healthy liver harvested from a living donor or a whole healthy liver harvested from a nonliving donor. This continuing education module is designed to give the reader/learner an increased understanding of the procedure for providing discharge instructions to parents about their child¿s care following LT, including a step-by-step process and the benefits of parent education on this topic. Readers may explore any or all of the topics. One contact hour of continuing education credit is available for those who successfully complete the post-test and evaluation form.