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A Regional Cardiac Care Program; Planning & Development

CONCLUSION In our initial communication with the North Shore Health Planning Council and with the Massachusetts Hospital Association we stated our conviction that it is important to experiment, in a reasonable manner, with new approaches for meeting the health needs of our people. In this era of fiscal restraints and cutbacks, we feel that our regional approach for the teaching of coronary care nursing has considerable merit in meeting certain health needs of the area population in a professionally and fiscally accountable manner. The NECHIE organization, wherein the regional idea was introduced, has recognized the worth of this program, has taken action to assess other educational needs of area nursing service personnel. As a result of this assessment, the NECHIE organization has also produced a regional leadership/management program. Since the cardiac care program evolved, the mandate for regional planning and sharing has become very clear, in the expression of regulatory agencies, hospital five-year plans, Health Service Agencies, the like. The members of the North Shore Regional Cardiac Care Program feel that their endeavor is successful in meeting regional needs for continuing education in cardiac nursing care. The methods and process used by our group can serve as a model for other regional planning groups to meet the needs of consumers for quality nursing care. Five hospitals in northeastern Massachusetts joined together to provide a cardiac care nursing educational program for staff nurses. Their mutual effort reduced costs for each hospital and maximized the use of human and material resources. The endeavor has been successful, based upon a number of evaluation factors. The author gives credit to past and present members of the Board of Directors of the North Shore Regional Cardiac Care Program, whose team effort and support have helped to make the program a success.