Departments of Nursing and Cardiology, Nursing Cardiology Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1400 Holcombe Boulevard, FC2.2018, Unit 0456, Houston, Texas, 77030-4009, USA.
Department of Malignant Hematology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, 12902 USF Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2024 Oct;25(10):1268-1275. doi: 10.1007/s11864-024-01241-0. Epub 2024 Sep 17.
Nurses are the "heart of patient care" and in the forefront of the health care delivery for cardio-oncology patients. Nurses play a critical central role in maximizing longitudinal health of cancer patients and survivors through the prevention of cardiovascular complications throughout the patient's cancer care journey. Nurses function in a variety of roles such as nurse clinicians, advanced practice nurses (APNs)or nurse practitioners (NPs), patient educators, managers, nurse navigators or nurse researchers. The role of nurses, particularly the advanced practice nurses as key members in delivering cardio-oncology care is evolving. However, despite the rapidly increasing growth of cardio oncology programs globally, a pivotal need remains to develop and provide formalized training programs for nurses, NPs and APNs. At present, no formal academic cardio-oncology nurse training program or certification exists. There is clearly more work to be done on the role of nurses in cardio-oncology care. As cardio-oncology evolves to become a key specialty with dedicated services being established across the globe, the role of the nurse in delivering this service is critical and a concerted collaborative approach between the two distinct specialties of cardiology and oncology needs to ensure the nursing workforce is educationally prepared and confident to treat and manage cardio-oncology patients.
护士是“患者护理的核心”，也是心血管肿瘤患者医疗服务的第一线人员。护士在通过预防心血管并发症来最大化癌症患者和幸存者的长期健康方面发挥着至关重要的核心作用，贯穿患者的整个癌症治疗过程。护士可以担任多种角色，如临床护士、高级执业护士（APN）或执业护士（NP）、患者教育者、经理、护士导航员或护士研究员。护士的角色，特别是作为提供心血管肿瘤护理的关键成员的高级执业护士的角色正在不断发展。然而，尽管全球心血管肿瘤项目的数量迅速增加，但仍迫切需要为护士、NP 和 APN 开发和提供规范化的培训计划。目前，没有正式的学术心血管肿瘤护士培训计划或认证。在护士在心血管肿瘤护理中的角色方面显然还有更多工作要做。随着心血管肿瘤学的发展成为一个具有全球专门服务的关键专业，护士在提供这项服务中的作用至关重要，心脏病学和肿瘤学这两个截然不同的专业之间需要协同合作，以确保护理人员具备教育背景，并能够有信心治疗和管理心血管肿瘤患者。
