title: Practical application of educational rhetoric: a pathway to expert cardiac nurse practice?
abstract: Cardiac nursing takes place within various spheres of health care, reaching into primary, secondary and tertiary care within theses, cardiac expertise falls within four domains: health promotion, cardiac prevention and rehabilitation, acute, chronic and episodic care and palliative care. This paper sets out the possibility for a staged development of the cardiac nurse, which could promote homogeneity in role, skill and practice. A framework ('Expert Cardiac Nurse Pathway') for the United Kingdom, is proposed here, and views on its usefulness throughout Europe are sought.
authors.affiliation: Thames Valley University, Royal Brompton Hospital, Britten Street Wing, London SW3-6NP, UK. j.riley@rbh.nthames.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Jillian P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Riley
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bullock
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shuldham
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D005060:Europe; D006291:Health Policy; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D011364:Professional Practice; D013041:Specialties, Nursing; D013192:Staff Development