Transitional care in mechanical circulatory support: Experience for advanced practice nursing.

Objective: To describe the nurses’ practice in the transition of care to adapt to the minimum home needs of patients with long-term mechanical circulatory support devices in a center in Rio de Janeiro. Method: The present study isan experience report on implementing home adaptations for transitional care of patients with long-term mechanical circulatory support devices, conducted at a center in Rio de Janeiro between January 2012 and July 2021. A checklist consisting of three domains was used to verify the necessary home adaptations, and the analysis was performed by descriptive statistics. Results: Low adequacy was observed in the domains related to communication, emergency plan, and fall risk. Conclusions: The use of the checklist by the coordinating nurse allowed an expansion of self-care education and improved the discharge planning process for these patients.