title: Multi-dimensional nursing form: a novel means of approaching nurse-led secondary cardiology prevention.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Secondary prevention after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has proved to be effective in patients with coronary heart disease, and is strongly recommended by the international guidelines. However, there is a lack of widespread secondary preventive programmes in real-world clinical practice, even though it has been shown that these can be successfully conducted by nurses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We have designed a multicentre randomised trial involving patients with ACS in which nurses will fully coordinate secondary prevention in the intervention arm using a multidimensional nursing form after attending ad hoc teaching sessions.
authors.affiliation: University Teaching Hospital, Parma, Italy. rlasala@ao.pr.it.
authors.forename: Rachele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: La Sala
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Foà
authors.forename: Giorgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paoli
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mattioli
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Solinas
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Artioli
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ardissino
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D055118:Medication Adherence; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012107:Research Design; D055502:Secondary Prevention / Q000379:methods*