Key result
Standardizing advanced nursing education and integrating nurses into prevention teams can reduce India's cardiovascular burden.
Standardizing advanced nursing education and utilizing nursing resources in CVD prevention in India could reduce care costs and physician burden.
May ease physician burden and costs in Indian CVD prevention; hypothesis-generating, needing prospective validation.
Currently, the nursing profession lacks specialized training, to be a part of preventive cardiovascular healthcare team. The article aims to describe the obstacles Indian nurses face in becoming active and valued members of the cardiovascular healthcare team and to propose solutions. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) imposes substantial and increasing physical, psychological, societal, and financial burdens. More emphasis needs to be placed on preventive measures, which should be made available and affordable in rural as well as urban areas. Nurses are well positioned to be leaders in these initiatives. However, nurses in India face numerous obstacles in providing optimal care, including a significant shortage of trained personnel. Nursing education at advanced levels needs to be standardized and should reflect core competencies. Appropriate use of nursing resources in CVD prevention can allow physicians to treat the sickest patients, reduce cost of care, and help relieve the human burden of morbidity and mortality due to CVD.
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Badagabettu et al. (2018) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease. Nursing in preventive cardiovascular healthcare was evaluated. Standardizing advanced nursing education and integrating nurses into cardiovascular prevention teams in India can help reduce the burden of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
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