Cardiac Liaison Nurses

CLNs provide a seamless pathway of care for patients following a heart attack or cardiac surgery.

This includes:

• visiting patients in their own home during the immediate period post-discharge from hospital to provide reassurance and advice to them and their carers
• linking with the community healthcare team to provide education and advice on the care of patients with heart disease and their long term follow-up
• providing specialist lifestyle advice such as smoking cessation, weight management, exercise and healthy eating
• preparing patients and carers for further investigations and treatment following their heart attack
• educating other healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care to make sure the latest evidence is available to patients to prevent further heart disease.

A patient’s testimony…

“The support we receive from the British Heart Foundation Nurses has been superb – they are always there at the end of the phone for advice and support and the regular visits to our home are most helpful and comforting.

Our nurse is such a caring and compassionate girl and extremely knowledgeable. Life would be very much more difficult without her."

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