In this study, the author aimed at characterizing Nursing Consultation attendances according to pre-surgical patients of the Coronary Program, estimating the nurse's average time and work mean cost in performing it, and studying the existence of association/correlation between time, cost and other variables of interest. The development of the consultation followed the phases of the Assistance Systemization Nursing (ASN). The sample was comprised of 44 patients, of which 37 (84%) were attended in new consultations and 7 (16%) in follow up consultations. Results obtained from the coronary program were mean time of 48.91 minutes for new consultations and 22.14 minutes for follow ups, with a mean cost of around R dollars 18.01 for new consultations and R dollars 8.15 for follow ups. These figures show that new consultations mean time exceeds with statistical significance follow up consultations mean time and, consequently, so do costs.

Objective: to verify the relationship between knowledge, attitudes and metabolic control in diabetic and cardiac patients. Methods: descriptive, exploratory and cross-sectional study exploring the knowledge, attitudes and diabetes metabolic control in 46 participants with heart disease. Results: participants were predominantly male with incomplete secondary education who demonstrated poor knowledge and unfavorable attitudes towards the disease. There was no difference between participants with and without knowledge on variables of metabolic and clinical control of diabetes, neither with respect to attitudes towards the disease. Conclusion: knowledge about diabetes was unsatisfactory in patients with heart disease and unrelated to favorable actions and better disease control. Descriptors: Knowledge; Diabetes Mellitus; Heart Diseases; Education. Objetivo: verificar a relação do conhecimento, atitudes e controle metabólico de diabéticos cardiopatas. Métodos: estudo descritivo, exploratório e transversal que verificou conhecimento, atitudes e controle metabólico do diabetes em 46 participantes com cardiopatia. Resultados: os participantes eram predominantemente do sexo masculino, com ensino médio incompleto, que demonstraram conhecimento insatisfatório e atitudes desfavoráveis em relação à doença. Não houve diferença entre os participantes com e sem conhecimento em relação às variáveis de controle metabólico e clínico do diabetes, tampouco com atitudes frente à doença. Conclusão: o conhecimento sobre diabetes mostrou-se insatisfatório em pacientes com cardiopatia e não se relacionou a atitudes favoráveis e melhor controle da doença.

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