[Research priorities and research topics for cardiovascular nursing: the Swiss Research Agenda for Nursing].
Cardiovascular diseases are worldwide a major challenge for the health care system and the number one reason for premature mortality and lost life years. Many accomplishments to reduce risk factors and improve treatment in acute and chronic disease and rehabilitation have been initiated by medical research but were also embraced by nursing research, which provided valuable knowledge about supporting risk factor modification and patients' self-management. Nursing research in the cardiovascular field has a long tradition in the US. In Europe cardiovascular nursing research also developed over the past decade, with increasing participation of Swiss nurse researchers. Efforts in this field of cardiovascular nursing have been made to convey projects in nursing research that help to enhance the health of the population sustainably and improve well-being in patients with acute and chronic courses of cardiovascular disease. Scientific knowledge is pivotal in developing evidence-based nursing interventions. Since both the German and the French speaking part of Switzerland have been lacking a literature-based and expert-supported agenda for nursing research, the aim of the Swiss Research Agenda for Nursing (SRAN) project was to develop an agenda providing researchers, funding agencies, and politics with orientation. This article takes the seven priorities of the SRAN project and links them to the topics of risk factor modification, rehabilitation programs, self-care, and patient education. The article presents the first agenda for cardiovascular nursing for the years 2007 to 2017. The agenda will serve to develop an action plan and to promote nursing research projects in the field of cardiovascular nursing in Switzerland.
Mahrer-Imhof
Romy
R
Abteilung Klinische Pflegewissenschaft, Universitätsspital Basel, Basel.
Imhof
Lorenz
L
D000072038:Cardiac Rehabilitation; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011322:Primary Prevention; D012307:Risk Factors; D013557:Switzerland