Feasibility of a nursing intervention to prepare frail older patients for cardiac surgery: A mixed-methods study

Conclusions:
The PREDOCS programme is acceptable for patients and nurses but should be built into the hospital’s cardiac surgery pathway or applied in home care.

Source: European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - July 14, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Ettema, R., Schuurmans, M. J., Schutijser, B., van Baar, M., Kamphof, N., Kalkman, C. J. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research