title: Specialist cardiology nurses audit post-MI community aftercare.
abstract: The transition of care into the community gives rise to the auditing and examination of custom and practices. This article describes how the community cardiology specialist nursing team at Sunderland Teaching PCT. have audited the practice of home visiting for acute myocardial infarction patients following discharge from hospital. The aim of the audit was to examine current practices and to consider whether or not other nursing teams have the skills to deliver this service thus enabling the specialist nurses to develop their skills further and develop nurse led initiatives to support the national service framework for coronary heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Long Term Conditions, Sunderland Teaching (STPCT). mandy.bowler@suntpct.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Mandy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bowler
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blake
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000359:Aftercare / Q000379:methods*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002309:Cardiology / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000451:nursing*; D009731:Nursing Audit; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D013664:Teaching Materials; D006113:United Kingdom