title: Enhancing nurses' roles to improve quality and efficiency of non-medical cardiac stress tests.
abstract: Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is a test that aids the diagnosis of coronary heart disease, of which pharmacological stress is a key component. An increase in demand had resulted in a 42 week waiting time for MPI in Leicester. This article looks at how implementing non-medically led stress tests reduced this waiting list. It discusses the obstacles involved and the measures needed to make the service a success.
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust.
authors.forename: Lizelle
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bernhardt
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Greaves
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004739:England; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017751:Safety Management; D014850:Waiting Lists