Hear from sufferers, nurses and allied well being professionals about scorching matters in heart problems at ACNAP 2023, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
The annual congress of the Affiliation of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (ACNAP), a department of the ESC, takes place 23 and 24 June on the Edinburgh Worldwide Convention Centre (EICC), UK. Discover the scientific program.
Novel findings will likely be introduced within the scientific abstracts on a variety of topics. Together with digital well being, despair, nervousness and life-style behaviors comparable to train, weight-reduction plan and smoking. Scientific classes cowl modern points in coronary heart well being from prevention to rehabilitation and encompassing areas comparable to local weather change, variety and advocacy.
Does canine companionship enhance coronary heart well being? Do not miss the session on how pet possession impacts bodily and psychological well-being, with an opportunity to satisfy working remedy canine. Dr. Eleni Kletsiou, chair of the Congress Programme Committee, stated: “There may be proof that companion pets enhance the care expertise in hospital and in the neighborhood. There may be additionally a direct relationship between taking care of an animal and wellbeing because it encourages bodily exercise and offers an avenue to share emotions and ideas. That is vital for coronary heart well being, which has sturdy hyperlinks with psychological well being.”
Additionally on the agenda: local weather, setting and cardiovascular well being. Together with the potential relationship between excessive warmth occasions and heart problems, and environmental triggers of coronary heart assaults.
We are going to hear the most recent proof on how environmental components influence cardiovascular well being and the position of nurses and allied well being professionals in combatting local weather change.”
Dr. Eleni Kletsiou, Chair of the Congress Programme Committee
Additionally on the agenda: variety and inclusion in cardiovascular care. With topical points such because the expertise of Black and minority ethnic workers working in healthcare, sexism within the cardiology workforce, and how you can recruit various individuals into scientific trials. Dr. Kletsiou stated: “The analysis proof from scientific trials guides our apply. It’s important to recruit various individuals in order that the proof additionally applies to them.”
Psychological care is gaining growing focus. Rise up-to-the-minute info on how you can display for nervousness and despair, and the significance of sufferers sharing their perspective in their very own phrases. “Nurses are interested by caring for the affected person as an entire, together with bodily, psychological, non secular and social wants,” stated Dr. Kletsiou. “Psychological and bodily well being are interconnected – for instance, despair will increase vulnerability to coronary heart illness and vice versa. On this session we may even hear about psychological well being care from a affected person’s standpoint.”
The congress theme is “Placing our hearts into affected person care”, which displays the inventive and scientific dimensions of cardiovascular apply. “Nursing is an artwork and a science,” stated Dr. Kletsiou. “Science refers to offering evidence-based care that’s pushed by knowledge from state-of-the-art scientific trials. Artwork is about high quality of care, compassion, and communication. Efficient communication means listening, and responding to, sufferers’ wants and considerations. That’s the reason we’ve got sufferers talking all through the scientific program about their experiences and care wants.”
Revolutionary approaches to the supply of cardiovascular care will likely be explored in a devoted session, masking apps, avatars and exergaming. “Apps will change into the standard approach of offering some facets of healthcare sooner or later,” stated Dr. Kletsiou. “They permit sufferers to really feel extra unbiased whereas on the similar time with the ability to work together with their healthcare skilled to extend bodily exercise, cut back stress, enhance weight-reduction plan or stop smoking.”
Keep tuned for classes on the position of cardiovascular nurses and allied well being professionals in stopping heart problems around the globe, particularly in low- and middle-income nations, and the way advocacy can enhance cardiovascular well being. Dr. Kletsiou stated: “ACNAP 2023 will host well being professionals and scientists from greater than 40 nations, making this a very international assembly with a global outlook. Right here we are going to discover the important position of nurses and allied professionals in enhancing international cardiovascular well being and informing coverage growth, and listen to why healthcare professionals have to accomplice with sufferers to advocate successfully.”
