title: Evaluating the effect of setting up a nurse-led heart failure service.
abstract: In the UK 880,000 people have definite or probable chronic heart failure with 63,000 new cases being identified each year (Department of Health, 2003). Heart failure and its management have become a national and governmental priority. A specialist nurse was recruited to establish and manage a nurse-led service for this client group. This article outlines the development of this service and evaluates its performance.
authors.affiliation: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Essex.
authors.forename: Niki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ayers
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010166:Palliative Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012720:Severity of Illness Index