Implementing research in nurse-led care.
In response to research showing that people waiting for cardiac surgery had a high prevalence of uncorrected coronary heart disease risk factors, a nurse-led shared care scheme was developed. A randomised controlled trial of the service demonstrated significant improvements in risk factors among the intervention group. The study is used as an example of how research findings have been used to identify an area for practice development.
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University of Glasgow.
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D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014850:Waiting Lists