Mixed methods evaluation of a digital resource to build students' skills in ASsessing cardiovascular risk, MOtivating change, and SUStaining a healthier lifestyle in themselves and others- ASMOSUS: a study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Nurses and nursing students are in an optimum role to assess, manage and promote lifestyle changes associated with CVD risk. Patients and service users are more likely to adopt these changes if the person delivering the information embodies this lifestyle themselves. Literature suggests that nurses and nursing students show detrimental behaviours in association with smoking, obesity, nutrition, physical inactivity and alcohol. It is therefore essential to address CVD risk factors, management and lifestyle promotion early on in a healthcare professionals' career- ideally the university delivering their nursing program. This aligns with the Nursing and Midwifery Council curricula in the

SUBMITTER: Creighton L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11895151 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature