Liver Transplant Nursing Care

Course Overview

Course Outline

1. Introduction
2. Purpose statement
3. Stages of Liver Disease
4. Causes of Liver Disease
5. Case Study: Meet The Patient
6. When Demand Exceeds Supply: How Do We Allocate Livers?
7. Case Study: History of Present Illness
8. Evaluation Process
9. Case Study: The Workup
10. Living Donor Liver Transplant: The Other Kind of Transplant
11. Contraindications of Transplantation
12. Transplant Complications
13. Case Study: The Post-Operative Period
14. Post Transplant Management: Immunosuppression, Infection Prevention, and Long Term Outcomes
15. Summary
16. References

Accreditation Statement

Nursing CE Central is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

In this course you will learn about liver transplantation in end-stage hepatic disease. It will take the average learner 210 minutes to complete.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, the learner will be able to:

1. Identify when liver transplantation is an appropriate treatment modality for end-stage liver disease.
2. Discuss the process of transplant workup and evaluation.
3. Understand the post-operative care required for liver transplant recipients.

Target Audience

• Registered Nurses (RN)
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN)
• Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN/LVN)

Requirement for Completion

1. Enrollment in the course by the learner
2. Read and learn all course materials
3. Complete the course evaluation
4. Attest and testify learning of the course materials

Accreditations + Approvals

Conflict of Interest Statement

Nursing CE Central nor any of the authors, planners, content experts or any contributors have a commercial interest nor were influenced by commercial interests in the creation of this course, financially or otherwise.