Nursing care after heart transplantation

Presađivanje ili transplantacija organa danas je širom svijeta prihvaćena i uspješna metoda liječenja bolesnika kod kojih je došlo do nepovratnog zatajenja funkcije organa. Od prve transplantacije srca, 3. prosinca 1967. Christian Barnard, do danas, došlo je do velikog napretka u medicini pa tako i u samoj transplantaciji srca. Jedan od osnovnih problema tijekom razvoja transplantacije bila je mogućnost odbacivanja transplantiranog srca. Nakon što se bolesnik s terminalnim stadijem srčane bolesti proglasi sigurnim kandidatom, slijedi detaljna internistička i kompletna kardiološka obrada. U tom cijelom procesu procjene i prikupljanja podataka, perioda čekanja, operacije, intenzivne njege, oporavka i rehabilitacije, medicinska sestra ima brojne zadaće. U svim fazama medicinska sestra mora educirati i psihički pripremiti bolesnika kako bi mogao što bolje podnijeti i biti pripremljen za transplantaciju srca te na život nakon transplantacije.Transplantation or organ transplantation is a worldwide accepted and successful method of treating patients with irreversible organ function failure. Since the first heart transplantatin, on December 3rd 1967, Christian Barnard, to this date, has made great progress in medicine and even in the heart transplant itself. One of basic problems during the development of transplant medicine was the possibillity of rejection of the transplanted heart. When a patient with terminal stage of heart disease is declared a safe candidate for transplantation, then follow a detailed internistic and complete cardiac treatment. In this entire process of estimating and gathering data, waiting time, operations, intensive care, recovery and rehabilitation, a nurse has number of tasks. At all stages, a nurse needs to educate and mentally prepare a patient to be able to handle it better and be prepared for heart transplantation and life after transplantation