[Optimizing the management of heart failure: structuring the care pathway]. / Optimisation de la prise en charge de l'insuffisance cardiaque : structuration du parcours de soins.

The incidence of chronic heart failure continues to rise in Western countries, justifying the implementation of an optimized multidisciplinary organization based on medical and nursing convergence. Around the main heart failure, assistance and transplantation unit at Toulouse University Hospital, several structures have been put in place to better manage heart failure patients and improve their care pathway.

[Leadership and advanced practice nurses]. / Le leadership et les infirmiers en pratique avancée.

Clinical leadership is expected of advanced practice nurses with regard to their scope of competencies. The effective implementation of this competency within the teams requires management support. It is a first step towards the reinforcement of clinical leadership in France.