Congenital Heart Disease in Neonates

Course overview

Nurses providing care for pregnant mothers and newborns need a working knowledge of fetal cardiac development and transition of post-birth cardiopulmonary circulation. Familiarity with early presenting signs and symptoms of congenital heart defects, as well as the nursing care required for these neonates and their families, is essential to the survival of these neonates. Specific attention is given to cyanotic congenital heart defects, such as transposition of the great arteries, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous return, and tetralogy of Fallot.