33^rd European Diabetes Congress

Diabetes and Cardiac Nursing

Cardiac Nursing is a registered nurse who specializes to work with patients who suffer from various conditions of the cardiovascular disease. Cardiac nurses helps to treat conditions such as unstable angina, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction and cardiac dysrhythmia under the direction of a cardiologist. Cardiac nursing also perform postoperative care on a cardiac surgical unit, stress test evaluations, cardiac monitoring, vascular monitoring, and health assessments. Cardiac nurses work in many different environments, including coronary care units (CCU), cardiac catheterization, intensive care units (ICU), operating theatres, cardiac rehabilitation centres, clinical research, cardiac surgery wards, cardiovascular intensive care units (CVICU), and cardiac medical wards.