Implementation and Outcomes of an Advanced Nurse Practitioner Telephone Chest Pain Clinic Developed in Response to...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a virtual telephone advanced nurse practitioner (ANP) led chest pain clinic was set up because face-to-face clinic visits had ceased.

This retrospective cohort analysis compared the ANP virtual chest pain clinic to the face-to-face nurse specialist-led clinic.

Autonomous nursing management was significantly higher in the virtual clinic, and significantly fewer patients were referred for functional testing. Coronary arterial disease (CAD) diagnosis did not differ.

ANP autonomy and experience enabled continued chest pain assessment and CAD diagnosis via a virtual telephone clinic.