An international focus on cardiac surgery nursing : an introduction

In the ‘International Year of the Nurse and Midwife’, the focus is on celebrating the role of the nurse and highlighting the global burden of disease, as well as how nursing can be influential in strengthening universal health coverage. As cardiac surgery is considered the ‘unborn child of global surgery’, the aim of this six-paper series is to draw together these two important themes: to celebrate the role of nursing in advancing care in cardiac surgery and to provide an international perspective of cardiac surgery nursing.