ArticleAnnals of family medicine2015
Managing patients with heart failure: a qualitative study of multidisciplinary teams with specialist heart failure nurses.
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- Pooled it
- A Multicenter, Mixed Methods Study of United States Heart Teams and Health Policy: The EVOLVE Study Design and Protocol.Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions · 2026Article
- Quality of life and disease experience in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in Spain: a mixed-methods study.BMJ open · 2021Observational
- Barriers to Self-care Among Patients with Heart Failure: A Qualitative Study.Journal of caring sciences · 2021Article
- Nurse-led ambulatory care supported by non-invasive haemodynamic assessment after acute heart failure decompensation.ESC heart failure · 2021Observational
- Cardiologists' perceptions on multidisciplinary collaboration in heart failure care - a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Life After Myocardial Infarction: A Qualitative Study on Experiences of Kurdish Patients Affected by Iran-Iraq War.Patient related outcome measures · 2020Article
- The Heart Failure "Pandemic" in Japan: Reconstruction of Health Care System in the Highly Aged Society.JMA journal · 2019Article
- Policies Make Coherent Care Pathways a Personal Responsibility for Clinicians: A Discourse Analysis of Policy Documents about Coordinators in Hospitals.International journal of integrated care · 2018Article
- Improving care for heart failure patients in primary care, GPs' perceptions: a qualitative evidence synthesis.BMJ open · 2016Article
- The implications of living with heart failure; the impact on everyday life, family support, co-morbidities and access to healthcare: a secondary qualitative analysis.BMC family practice · 2016Article
- "Sometimes we can't fix things": a qualitative study of health care professionals' perceptions of end of life care for patients with heart failure.BMC palliative care · 2016Article
- Facilitators and barriers of heart failure care in Kerala, India: A qualitative analysis of health-care providers and administrators.Indian heart journalArticle
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions and experiences of health care clinicians working in multidisciplinary teams that include specialist heart failure nurses when caring for the management of heart failure patients.
methodsWe used a qualitative in-depth interview study nested in a broader ethnographic study of unplanned admissions in heart failure patients (HoldFAST). We interviewed 24 clinicians across primary, secondary, and community care in 3 locations in the Midlands, South Central, and South West of England.
resultsWithin a framework of the role and contribution of the heart failure specialist nurse, our study identified 2 thematic areas that the clinicians agreed still represent particular challenges when working with heart failure patients. The first was communication with patients, in particular explaining the diagnosis and helping patients to understand the condition. The participants recognized that such communication was most effective when they had a long-term relationship with patients and families and that the specialist nurse played an important part in achieving this relationship. The second was communication within the team. Multidisciplinary input was especially needed because of the complexity of many patients and issues around medications, and the participants believed the specialist nurse may facilitate team communication.
conclusionsThe study highlights the role of specialist heart failure nurses in delivering education tailored to patients and facilitating better liaison among all clinicians, particularly when dealing with the management of comorbidities and drug regimens. The way in which specialist nurses were able to be caseworkers for their patients was perceived as a method of ensuring coordination and continuity of care.
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