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BACKGROUND: To date, there are no tools for the nursing staff to gain systematic insight on the experience lived by patients with chronic heart failure. The objective of this study was to develop a scale for this purpose. METHODS: The study was conducted between January 2018 and December 2020 in three Spanish hospitals. The process described by DeVellis was used for the development of the scale. The items were built based on a phenomenological study and a systematic review of the literature. Next, feedback from a panel of experts was obtained, the scale was administered to a sample of patients with chronic heart failure, and a cognitive interview and an observational study were conducted to create the final version of the scale. RESULTS: The first version of the scale had in seven domains and 76 items. After its evaluation by a panel of experts, it was reduced to a second version with six domains and 55 items. Following the administration of Version 2 to 17 patients (58.8% male, mean age 59.53, 70.6% classified as NYHA functional class II), five items were modified and two eliminated. Thus, the third version of the UNAV-CHF Experience Scale was composed of six domains and 53 items. CONCLUSIONS: This study presents the development of the UNAV-experience of living with chronic heart failure scale. It is an original and novel instrument that allows systematically explore this experience. A larger-scale study is necessary to confirm the validity of our scale.
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Heart Failure , Quality of Life , Humans , Male , Female , Surveys and Questionnaires , Reproducibility of Results , Chronic Disease , Observational Studies as TopicABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: At international level, there is abundant evidence of the positive impact that the Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) has on patients, health care organizations and nursing professionals. At national level, such evidence is incipient and should be developed in order to justify investments in the introduction of APN roles. The present study provides evidence on the impact of the APN in the professional development of nurses in one outpatient clinic of a hospital in Northern Spain. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The advanced practice nursing student (APNS) developed a change project aimed at improving knowledge of evidence based practice (EBP) among nurses in the cited outpatient clinic. To that end, the APNS followed the steps of the PEPPA (participatory, evidence-based, patient-focused process, for guiding the development, implementation, and evaluation of advanced practice nursing) framework and conducted unstructured observations, literature reviews, personal interviews and group discussions with 8 patients, 2 nurses and 4 cardiologists. The evaluation of the change project included personal interviews with nurses in the outpatient clinic before and after the intervention. RESULTS: Nurses notably increased their knowledge on formulating clinical questions, developing and executing bibliographic searches, synthesizing and criticizing evidence, and applying and evaluating research results. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that the positive impact of the integration of APNs into the Spanish clinical setting is not restricted to just patients and the hospital setting, but extends to the professional development of nurses and the outpatient clinic setting.
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Advanced Practice Nursing , Evidence-Based Nursing , Staff Development , SpainABSTRACT
Introducción. A nivel internacional existe abundante evidencia del impacto positivo que la enfermera de práctica avanzada (EPA) tiene en pacientes, organizaciones sanitarias y profesionales de enfermería. A nivel nacional esta evidencia es incipiente y debe incrementarse para justificar la inversión en la introducción de perfiles de EPA. El presente estudio aporta evidencia sobre el impacto de la EPA en el desarrollo profesional de las enfermeras de una consulta externa de un hospital del norte de España. Material y métodos. La estudiante de práctica avanzada (EEPA) desarrolló un proyecto de cambio dirigido a mejorar los conocimientos sobre práctica basada en la evidencia de las enfermeras de dicha consulta. Para ello, la EEPA siguió los pasos del marco Proceso Participativo para la Enfermería de Práctica Avanzada centrado en el Paciente y basado en la Evidencia (PEPPA) y realizó observaciones desestructuradas, revisiones bibliográficas, entrevistas personales y discusiones grupales con 8 pacientes, 2 enfermeras y 4 cardiólogos. La evaluación del proyecto de cambio incluyó entrevistas personales con las enfermeras de la consulta previa y posteriormente a la intervención. Resultados. Las enfermeras incrementaron notablemente sus conocimientos sobre formulación de preguntas clínicas, diseño y ejecución de búsquedas bibliográficas, síntesis y crítica de la evidencia y aplicación y evaluación de resultados de investigación. Discusión y conclusiones. Los resultados sugieren que el impacto positivo de la incorporación de EPA al ámbito clínico español no se restringe tan solo a los pacientes, ni al ámbito hospitalario, sino que es extensible al desarrollo profesional del personal de enfermería y al ámbito de Consultas Externas (AU)
Introduction. At international level, there is abundant evidence of the positive impact that the Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) has on patients, health care organizations and nursing professionals. At national level, such evidence is incipient and should be developed in order to justify investments in the introduction of APN roles. The present study provides evidence on the impact of the APN in the professional development of nurses in one outpatient clinic of a hospital in Northern Spain. Material and methods. The advanced practice nursing student (APNS) developed a change project aimed at improving knowledge of evidence based practice (EBP) among nurses in the cited outpatient clinic. To that end, the APNS followed the steps of the PEPPA (participatory, evidence-based, patient-focused process, for guiding the development, implementation, and evaluation of advanced practice nursing) framework and conducted unstructured observations, literature reviews, personal interviews and group discussions with 8 patients, 2 nurses and 4 cardiologists. The evaluation of the change project included personal interviews with nurses in the outpatient clinic before and after the intervention. Results. Nurses notably increased their knowledge on formulating clinical questions, developing and executing bibliographic searches, synthesizing and criticizing evidence, and applying and evaluating research results. Discussion and conclusions. The results suggest that the positive impact of the integration of APNs into the Spanish clinical setting is not restricted to just patients and the hospital setting, but extends to the professional development of nurses and the outpatient clinic setting (AU)
