Cardiovascular nurses and other health care professionals have been involved in caring for children in various ways. First, many nurses are contributing to prevention of cardiac disease in primary prevention programmes at schools or promoting healthy life style in children in the community. Secondly, a substantial number of nurses are working with children with congenital heart disease in a diagnostic, treatment or follow-up phase. Congenital heart disease is an important issue addressed in the activities of the Council Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professional during the conferences and papers also increasingly addressed in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing [1]. Finally, nurses are often key players in multidisciplinary teams addressing acute and life threatening situations of children and nurses are often vital in humanitarian initiatives around the world. Therefore the ‘European Heart for Children’ (EHC) a new humanitarian initiative of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), will appeal to a lot of nurses. During the annual spring meeting of the CCNAP in Geneva earlier this year ‘European Heart for Children’ was presented and in this editorial we would like to take the opportunity to inform the readership of the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing of the need, the process and the form of this initiative.
European Heart for Children
FERRARI, Roberto
2010
Abstract
Cardiovascular nurses and other health care professionals have been involved in caring for children in various ways. First, many nurses are contributing to prevention of cardiac disease in primary prevention programmes at schools or promoting healthy life style in children in the community. Secondly, a substantial number of nurses are working with children with congenital heart disease in a diagnostic, treatment or follow-up phase. Congenital heart disease is an important issue addressed in the activities of the Council Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professional during the conferences and papers also increasingly addressed in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing [1]. Finally, nurses are often key players in multidisciplinary teams addressing acute and life threatening situations of children and nurses are often vital in humanitarian initiatives around the world. Therefore the ‘European Heart for Children’ (EHC) a new humanitarian initiative of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), will appeal to a lot of nurses. During the annual spring meeting of the CCNAP in Geneva earlier this year ‘European Heart for Children’ was presented and in this editorial we would like to take the opportunity to inform the readership of the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing of the need, the process and the form of this initiative.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.