title: Building bridges: the American Heart Association-European Society of Cardiology's International Nursing Collaboration.
abstract: This paper described the formal collaboration between the American Heart Association's Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and the European Society of Cardiology's Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing. This collaboration comprises following dimensions: (1). further expansion on collaboration on annual conferences; (2). development of mentoring initiatives; (3). initiation of research collaboration; (4). development of joint guidelines; and (5). appointment of liaison persons of AHA to ESC and vice versa.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse 28, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland. Sabina.degeest@unibas.ch
authors.forename: Sabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Geest
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dunbar
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Froelicher
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grady
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hayman
authors.forename: Tiny
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jaarsma
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Strömberg
mesh_terms: D000572:American Heart Association; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D014481:United States