Resumen de Consensus document on the figure of the TAVI nurse in the haemodynamic working group of the Spanish Association of Nursing in Cardiology

Miryam González Cebrián, Jonatan Valverde Bernal, Ester Bajo Arambarri, Rocío Castillo Poyo, Marc Trilla Colominas, Carmen Neiro Rey, Víctor Fradejas Sastre, Francisco Javier García Aranda, Núria Villalba Lizandra, Elena Calvo Barriuso

• The TAVI Nurse is an advanced nursing practice figure that manages the process of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation, from diagnosis to subsequent home care after the intervention. This figure is in charge of triage and coordination, clinical, functional, and psychosocial assessment, education of the patient and their family, and leadership of the TAVI program.

  At the national level, there are no standardised competencies for the TAVI Nurse, therefore, it is necessary to elaborate a consensus document that defines their functions and competencies.

  Via the creation of a group of TAVI procedure nursing experts, a methodology was designed for drafting this document by comparing scientific evidence and experiences in our setting, in order to reach a consensus on functions and competencies at the national level.

  After drawing up this consensus document, the challenge in the coming years is to implement this figure in a large part of our country’s centres, with a quality register that can be evaluated with indicators that demonstrate the effectiveness of this figure.