Evaluating the Impact of Nursing Interventions in Postoperative Settings

Background: Postoperative critical care for cardiac surgical patients refers to the specialized care provided to patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) after they have undergone heart surgery. This care is designed for nurses to monitor and support the patient's recovery and may include a variety of interventions and treatments. Objectives: This systematic review aimed to identify theroles of nurses in postoperative critical care for cardiac surgical patients, considering factors thatimpact the length of stay in ICU, recovery time, the risks of cardiac surgery based on the types of heart surgery, and understanding the link between patients and the management of medicalresources.Methods: To identify relevant studies, we utilized electronic databases such as PubMed, SCOPUS, Web of Science, and Springer. The search strategy involved using free-text terms related to the title and objectives of the study to retrieve articles from databases. We restricted our search to include only research published in journals subjected to peer review between June 2015 and December 2022. This time frame best reflects the evolution of treatment options, known risk factors, and technological advances in the medical field. Our initial search of four databases yielded 60,3080 papers. We then chose the most relevant papers by title and abstract. We accepted 20 papers, this collection includes case-control studies, randomized controlled trials studies, meta-analyses, and review studies. Results and conclusion: We observed that the postoperative roles of nurses in critical care for cardiac surgery patients contribute to minimizing the risk factors of cardiac surgery, mitigating the potential effects of cardiac surgery, adequate management of patients and resources in the hospital, and immensely contributing to the length of stay of patients in the ICU.